Surviving Wounded Knee : the Lakotas and the politics of memory /
Grua, David W.,
Surviving Wounded Knee : the Lakotas and the politics of memory / Lakotas and the politics of memory David W. Grua. - ix, 276 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-260) and index.
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.
"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.
9780190249038 019024903X
2015035931
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
Dakota Indians--Government relations.
Dakota Indians--Wars, 1890-1891.
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890--Claims.
Memorialization--Political aspects--United States.
Collective memory--South Dakota.
Dakota Indians--Claims.
Memorialization--South Dakota.
Memory--Political aspects--United States.
South Dakota--Race relations.
Surviving Wounded Knee : the Lakotas and the politics of memory / Lakotas and the politics of memory David W. Grua. - ix, 276 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-260) and index.
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.
"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.
9780190249038 019024903X
2015035931
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
Dakota Indians--Government relations.
Dakota Indians--Wars, 1890-1891.
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890--Claims.
Memorialization--Political aspects--United States.
Collective memory--South Dakota.
Dakota Indians--Claims.
Memorialization--South Dakota.
Memory--Political aspects--United States.
South Dakota--Race relations.