Title Which chosen people? : manifest destiny meets the Sioux as seen by Frank Fiske, frontier photographer / Robert V. Dodge

Published New York : Algora Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 197 pages) Contents The new chosen people and the obsession -- What led to Sitting Bull's hostility -- The Sioux challenge to white empire -- Sitting Bull as leader of the Sioux Nation -- The Indians' final victory -- Rounding up the Sioux after Little Big Horn -- The 1880s, closing gates and "civilizing" Indians -- Showdown between the chosen -- Sitting Bull's murder and Frank's reaction -- The American empire complete at Wounded Knee -- Life goes on at standing rock -- Frank growing up, discovering interests new and old -- American exceptionalism moves overseas -- Frank begins his career and revives his past -- Riverboat travel, viewing the past and reflecting -- Life as an adult at Standing Rock -- Epilogue Summary The belief in American exceptionalism reached its apex during the 1800s and was expressed as a God-given passport called ""Manifest Destiny"". Among its victims were Native Americans. The Sioux resisted, eventually claiming that Indians, not the whites, were the chosen people. The destruction of Indian culture paved the way for the U.S. empire building. Frank Fiske observed this confrontation firsthand in North Dakota, where Sitting Bull was held, then killed, and Fiske's photographs enliven his account Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 Fiske, Frank Bennett, 1883-1952. SUBJECT Fiske, Frank Bennett, 1883-1952 fast Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 fast Subject Dakota Indians -- History -- 19th century Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1890-1891. Indians, Treatment of -- Great Plains -- History Dakota Indians -- Government relations. Dakota Indians -- Relocation Photographers -- North Dakota -- Biography HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Dakota Indians Dakota Indians -- Government relations Dakota Indians -- Relocation Indians, Treatment of Photographers Great Plains North Dakota Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781628940299 1628940298 1628940271 9781628940275 162894028X 9781628940282

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