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Voices of Wounded Knee

Author: Wim Coleman
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"In Voices of Wounded Knee, William S. E. Coleman brings together for the first time all of the available sources - Lakota, military, and civilian. He recreates the Ghost Dance in detail and shows how it related to the events leading up to the massacre. Using accounts of participants and observers, Coleman reconstructs the massacre moment by moment. He places contradictory accounts in direct juxtaposition, allowing  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Personal narratives
Récits personnels
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Coleman, Wim.
Voices of Wounded Knee.
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2000
(OCoLC)606520808
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Wim Coleman
ISBN: 0803215061 9780803215061
OCLC Number: 43096760
Description: xxiii, 434 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Prologue to a tragedy --
2. Broken promises, broken treaties --
3. The second pilgrimage --
4. The ghost dance sweeps across the Dakotas --
5. A failure in communications --
6. Standoff at Standing Rock --
7. Confrontation at Pine Ridge --
8. Rumors, restive troops, and a new initiative --
9. In the corridors of power --
10. On and off the reservation --
11. A scapegoat is selected --
ch. 12. Dawn on Grand River --
13. Aftermath and repercussions --
14. Surrender --
15. The death of a people's dream --
16. On the field of honor --
17. Aftershocks.
Responsibility: by William S.E. Coleman.
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"In Voices of Wounded Knee, William S. E. Coleman brings together for the first time all of the available sources - Lakota, military, and civilian. He recreates the Ghost Dance in detail and shows how it related to the events leading up to the massacre. Using accounts of participants and observers, Coleman reconstructs the massacre moment by moment. He places contradictory accounts in direct juxtaposition, allowing the reader to decide who was telling the truth. His balanced treatment suggests that the massacre grew out of decades of broken treaties, cultural misunderstandings, power struggles between the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Army and erroneous and inflammatory reports by irresponsible members of the press."--BOOK JACKET.

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