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The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder - And Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns (Paperback)
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The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder - And Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns (Paperback)
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The long-intertwined communities of the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge
Reservation and the bordering towns in Sheridan County, Nebraska,
mark their histories in sensational incidents and quiet human
connections, many recorded in detail here for the first time. After
covering racial unrest in the remote northwest corner of his home
state of Nebraska in 1999, journalist Stew Magnuson returned four
years later to consider the border towns' peoples, their paths, and
the forces that separate them. Examining Raymond Yellow Thunder's
death at the hands of four white men in 1972, Magnuson looks deep
into the past that gave rise to the tragedy. Situating long-ranging
repercussions within 130 years of context, he also recounts the
largely forgotten struggles of American Indian Movement activist
Bob Yellow Bird and tells the story of Whiteclay, Nebraska, the
controversial border hamlet that continues to sell millions of cans
of beer per year to the "dry" reservation. Within this microcosm of
cultural conflict, Magnuson explores the odds against community's
power to transcend misunderstanding, alcoholism, prejudice, and
violence.
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