Which chosen people? : manifest destiny meets the Sioux as seen by Frank Fiske, frontier photographer /

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The belief in American exceptionalism reached its apex during the 1800s and was expressed as a God-given passport called ""Manifest Destiny"". Among its victims were Native Americans. The Sioux resisted, eventually claiming that Indians, not the whites, were the chosen people. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dodge, Robert, 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Algora Publishing, 2013.
Subjects:
Sitting Bull, > 1831-1890.
Fiske, Frank Bennett, > 1883-1952.
Fiske, Frank Bennett, > 1883-1952
Sitting Bull, > 1831-1890
1800-1899
Dakota Indians > History > 19th century.
Dakota Indians > Wars, 1890-1891.
Indians, Treatment of > Great Plains > History.
Dakota Indians > Government relations.
Dakota Indians > Relocation.
Photographers > North Dakota > Biography.
Dakota > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Dakota > Guerres, 1890-1891.
Dakota > Relations avec l'État.
Photographes > Dakota du Nord > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Dakota Indians
Dakota Indians > Government relations
Dakota Indians > Relocation
Indians, Treatment of
Photographers
Great Plains
North Dakota
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The new chosen people and the obsession
  • What led to Sitting Bull's hostility
  • The Sioux challenge to white empire
  • Sitting Bull as leader of the Sioux Nation
  • The Indians' final victory
  • Rounding up the Sioux after Little Big Horn
  • The 1880s, closing gates and "civilizing" Indians
  • Showdown between the chosen
  • Sitting Bull's murder and Frank's reaction
  • The American empire complete at Wounded Knee
  • Life goes on at standing rock
  • Frank growing up, discovering interests new and old
  • American exceptionalism moves overseas
  • Frank begins his career and revives his past
  • Riverboat travel, viewing the past and reflecting
  • Life as an adult at Standing Rock
  • Epilogue.

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