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Autore: | Lauderdale John Vance |
Titolo: | After Wounded Knee [[electronic resource] ] : correspondence of Major and surgeon John Vance Lauderdale while serving with the army occupying the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 1890-1891 / / edited, and with an introduction by Jerry Green |
Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c1996 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina: | 973.8/6 |
Soggetto topico: | Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890 |
Physicians - United States | |
Teton Indians - Medical care | |
Soggetto geografico: | Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) History |
Altri autori: | GreenJerry <1946-> |
Note generali: | "Correspondence of Major and surgeon John Vance Lauderdale while serving with the army occupying the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 1890-1891." |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Editior's Notes; Chapter One: Background; Chapter Two: The Letters; Chapter Three: After Pine Ridge; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | The Wounded Knee Massacre of December 29, 1890, known to U.S. military historians as the last battle in ""the Indian Wars,"" was in reality another tragic event in a larger pattern of conquest, destruction, killing, and broken promises that continue to this day. On a cold winter's morning more than a century ago, the U.S. Seventh Cavalry attacked and killed more than 260 Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. In the aftermath, the broken, twisted bodies of the Lakota people were soon covered by a blanket of snow, as a blizzard swept through th |
Titolo autorizzato: | After Wounded Knee |
ISBN: | 0-87013-921-5 |
0-585-18794-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910778970203321 |
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