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After Custer - Loss and Transformation in Sioux Country (Paperback)
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After Custer - Loss and Transformation in Sioux Country (Paperback)
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Between 1876 and 1877, the U.S. Army battled Lakota Sioux and
Northern Cheyenne Indians in a series of vicious conflicts known
today as the Great Sioux War. After the defeat of Custer at the
Little Big Horn in June 1876, the army responded to its stunning
loss by pouring fresh troops and resources into the war effort. In
the end, the U.S. Army prevailed, but at a significant cost. In
this unique contribution to American western history, Paul L.
Hedren examines the war's effects on the culture, environment, and
geography of the northern Great Plains, their Native inhabitants,
and the Anglo-American invaders.As Hedren explains, U.S. military
control of the northern plains following the Great Sioux War
permitted the Northern Pacific Railroad to extend westward from the
Missouri River. The new transcontinental line brought hide hunters
who targeted the great northern buffalo herds and ultimately
destroyed them. A de-buffaloed prairie lured cattlemen, who in turn
spawned their own culture. Through forced surrender of their lands
and lifeways, Lakotas and Northern Cheyennes now experienced even
more stress and calamity than they had endured during the war
itself. The victors, meanwhile, faced a different set of
challenges, among them providing security for the railroad crews,
hide hunters, and cattlemen. Hedren is the first scholar to examine
the events of 1876-77 and their aftermath as a whole, taking into
account relationships among military leaders, the building of
forts, and the army's efforts to memorialize the war and its
victims. Woven into his narrative are the voices of those who
witnessed such events as the burial of Custer, the laying of
railroad track, or the sudden surround of a buffalo herd. Their
personal testimonies lend both vibrancy and pathos to this story of
irreversible change in Sioux Country.
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