The Lakotas and the Black Hills
The Struggle for Sacred Ground
$35.50
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
28 June 2011
Summary
A concise and engrossing account of the Lakota and the battle to regain their homeland.
The Lakota Indians made their home in the majestic Black Hills mountain range during the last millennium, drawing on the hills’ endless bounty for physical and spiritual sustenance. Yet the arrival of white settlers brought the Lakotas into inexorable conflict with the changing world, at a time when their tribe would produce some of the most famous Native Americans in history, including Red Cloud, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143119203 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143119206 |
| Author: | Jeffrey Ostler |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 28 June 2011 |
| Weight: | 193g |
| Dimensions: | 191mm x 128mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Jeffrey Ostler
Jeffrey Ostler is the Beekman Professor of Northwest and Pacific History at the University of Oregon. He specializes in the history of the American West, with a heavy focus on the history of American Indians. Ostler is the author of The Lakotas and the Black Hills- The Struggle for Sacred Ground, The Plains Sioux and U.S. Colonialism from Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee, Prairie Populism- The Fate of Agrarian Radicalism in Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, and more.
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