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- Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux
- Book
- 1986
- Published by: Minnesota Historical Society Press
summary
With this statement, “I, Ta-o-ya-te-du-ta, am not a coward. I will die with you,” Little Crow reluctantly put himself at the head of the Indian forces and plunged his nation into war against the United States.At a time when the Union and Confederate armies marched against each other in the South and East, the Minnesota home front erupted into its own desperate warfare. With their way of life endangered, the Dakota (or Sioux) turned to Little Crow to lead them in a battle or self-preservation, a war that Little Crow had tried to avoid. Within a year, the Dakota had been chased from Minnesota, Little Crow was dead, and a way of life had vanished. Through his life, we see the complex interrelationship of Indians and whites, the horrors of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, and the events that forever changed the history of the West.
Table of Contents
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- IIIustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- 1. A Dakota Childhood
- pp. 9-22
- 2. The Formula for Leadership
- pp. 23-35
- 3. The Price of Leadership
- pp. 36-57
- 4. Sale of a Homeland
- pp. 58-73
- 5. Spokesman for the Sioux
- pp. 74-88
- 6. The Broken Promise
- pp. 89-115
- 7. The Failure of Accommodation
- pp. 116-134
- 9. The Last Campaign
- pp. 162-180
- Appendix 2:
- pp. 192-194
- Bibliography
- pp. 237-252
- Picture Credits
- p. 260
Additional Information
ISBN
9780873516792
Related ISBN(s)
9780873511964
MARC Record
OCLC
794700993
Pages
259
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No