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Civilization of the American Indian volume 46
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"If that is Long Hair, I am the one who killed him," White Bull, the young nephew of Sitting Bull, said when Bad Juice pointed out Custer's body immediately after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Yet it was Sitting Bull who acquired the notoriety and was paraded in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as "the warrior who killed Custer." But this new edition of Stanley Vestal's classic biography of the famous chief emphasizes that "Sitting Bull's fame does...
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 36
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A faithful transcription of the words of Black Elk, the last of the Sioux holy men to know his tribe's religious rites, together with their history and significance.
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The Cheyenne were one of the most important Native American tribes of the Great Plains. Through the course of the nineteenth century they became involved in some of the bloodiest conflicts to occur in the heart of the American continent. They were swift in the adoption of horse culture and quickly became skilled and powerful mounted warriors. Men would gain rank within their society by performing and accumulating various acts of bravery in battle,...
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 72
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Chronicles the history of the Sioux Indians and discusses how their tribe evolved and changed from 1830 to 1870.
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