Title Surviving Wounded Knee : the Lakotas and the politics of memory / David W. Grua

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction: The politics of Wounded Knee memory -- Part I. Official memory. Race war and Wounded Knee ; Exonerating the Seventh Cavalry ; Honoring gallant soldiers -- Part II. 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 Summary "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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 30, 2016) Subject Dakota Indians -- Government relations. Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890. 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 HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. Collective memory Dakota Indians Dakota Indians -- Government relations Memorialization Memory -- Political aspects Race relations SUBJECT South Dakota -- Race relations Subject South Dakota United States Genre/Form Claims Form Electronic book ISBN 9780190249045 0190249048

Other Titles Lakotas and the politics of memory

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