| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 184 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Editior's Notes; Chapter One: Background; Chapter Two: The Letters; Chapter Three: After Pine Ridge; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The Wounded Knee Massacre of December 29, 1890, known to U.S. military historians as the last battle in ""the Indian Wars, "" was in reality another tragic event in a larger pattern of conquest, destruction, killing, and broken promises that continue to this day. On a cold winter's morning more than a century ago, the U.S. Seventh Cavalry attacked and killed more than 260 Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. In the aftermath, the broken, twisted bodies of the Lakota people were soon covered by a blanket of snow, as a blizzard swept through th |
| Notes |
"Correspondence of Major and surgeon John Vance Lauderdale while serving with the army occupying the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 1890-1891." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Lauderdale, John Vance -- Correspondence
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Lauderdale, John Vance -- Diaries
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| SUBJECT |
Lauderdale, John Vance fast |
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United States. Army Medical Department (1968- ) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Army Medical Department (1968- ) fast |
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Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890 -- Personal narratives
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Physicians -- United States -- Correspondence
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Lakota Indians -- Medical care
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HISTORY -- General.
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Physicians
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| SUBJECT |
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) -- History
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| Subject |
South Dakota
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South Dakota -- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Diaries
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History
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Personal narratives
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Personal correspondence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Green, Jerry, 1946-
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| LC no. |
95035471 |
| ISBN |
9780870139215 |
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0870139215 |
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0585187940 |
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9780585187945 |
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