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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787685703321

Autore

Dodge Robert <1945->

Titolo

Which chosen people? [[electronic resource] ] : manifest destiny meets the Sioux as seen by Frank Fiske, frontier photographer / / Robert V. Dodge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Publishing, 2013

ISBN

1-62894-029-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (397 p.)

Disciplina

978.004/975243

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The New Chosen People and the Obsession; Chapter 2. What Led to Sitting Bull's Hostility; Chapter 3. The Sioux Challenge to White Empire; Chapter 4. Sitting Bull as Leader of the Sioux Nation; Chapter 5. The Indians' Final Victory; Chapter 6. Rounding Up the Sioux After the Little Big Horn; Chapter 7. The 1880's, Closing Gates and "Civilizing" Indians; Chapter 8. Showdown Between the Chosen; Chapter 9. Sitting Bull's Murder and Frank's Reaction; Chapter 10. The American Empire Complete at Wounded Knee; Chapter 11. Life Goes On at Standing Rock

Chapter 12. Frank Growing Up, Discovering Interests New and Old Chapter 13. American Exceptionalism Moves Overseas; Chapter 14. Frank Begins His Career and Revives His Past; Chapter 15. Riverboat Travel, Viewing the Past and Reflecting; Chapter 16. Life as an Adult at Standing Rock; Epilogue; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The belief in American exceptionalism reached its apex during the 1800's 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. The destruction of Indian culture paved the way for the U.S. empire building. Frank Fiske observed this confrontation firsthand in North Dakota, where Sitting Bull was held, then killed, and Fiske''s photographs enliven his account.