The Great Sioux War of 1876-1877 is memorable to most Americans
because of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer's last stand at the
Battle of the Little Big Horn. But to the Lakotas (Western Sioux)
and Northern Cheyennes who won that battle but lost the war, the
experience of those fifteen months was truly a "last stand" - a
cultural catastrophe that led to the reservation experience they
had fought so long and hard to avoid.
In writings about the history and import of the Great Sioux War,
the perspectives of its Native American participants often are
ignored and forgotten. In this volume Jerome A. Greene corrects
that oversight by presenting a comprehensive overview of America's
largest Indian war from the point of view of the Lakotas and
Northern Cheyennes. A counterpoint to his earlier volume, which
advances the military view of the skirmishes and battles -
including the Little Big Horn - this book presents the Indians'
report on the actions that ended their traditional way of life for
all time. The accounts, by both men and women, afford fresh
insights into the war.
The Indian recollections provide personal, individualistic
descriptions of significant events as the people struggled to
protect their homelands, families, and tribal cultures. Most Sioux
and Cheyenne accounts of the engagements remained within their own
societies for many years. Those that were published during or soon
after the war were colored by the defeat and often by
mistranslation. This book presents a first-time compilation of the
best of the Indians' recollections. The editor's introduction gives
readers insight into the significance of Indian testimonial
sources. Separate introductions place the Indians' accounts in the
context of the war and enable readers to understand
interrelationships among the events and thus gain a more complete
appreciation of the war and its impact upon the Lakota and Cheyenne
people.
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