Traditionally historians of the Little Big Horn fight have focused
on Custer and his troops -- on what they were doing and where they
died. But as one Miniconjou warrior told a gathering at a 1926
commemoration of the battle, the Lakotas and Cheyennes also lost
brave men. These men had died defending their homes and families,
and they too deserved recognition.
Hokahey! A Good Day to Die! details the final moments of each of
the fallen Cheyenne and Lakota heroes. Richard G. Hardorff sifted
through the many interviews with Indian survivors of the battle,
cross-checking every story of a wounded or dead individual to
ascertain who was killed, in which action, and by whom. He
concludes that the Indian dead comprised thirty-one men, six women,
and four children -- astonishingly light losses when compared with
the number of cavalry dead. Concise, well-written, and respectful
of Cheyenne and Lakota cultural practices, this book is an
essential contribution to our understanding of how the Cheyennes
and Lakotas waged the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
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