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Surviving Wounded Knee : the Lakotas and the politics of memory

By David W. , Grua

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780190249038, 019024903X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16603983 bytes)
Pages
276\289
Time added
2019-11-16 18:15:55
1890 -- Claims;Memorialization -- Political aspect1890-1891;Wounded Knee Massacre1890;Dakota Indians -- Government relations;DakotaS DWounded Knee Massacre

Description

"Published on the 125th anniversary of this controversial event, Surviving Wounded Knee examines the Lakota survivors' half-century pursuit of justice and points to lingering questions about the United States' willingness to address the liabilities of Indian conquest,"--Amazon.com. Introduction: The politics of Wounded Knee memory -- Official memory -- Race war and Wounded Knee -- Exonerating the Seventh Cavalry -- Honoring gallant soldiers -- Lakota countermemory -- In memory of the Chief Big Foot massacre -- We never thought of fighting -- Irreconcilable memories -- Liquidating the liability of the United States -- Conclusion: Surviving Wounded Knee.

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