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

Published New York : Oxford University Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 276 pages) : illustrations Contents 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 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 (pages 183-260) and index Notes Print version record Subject 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 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 9780190249069 0190249064

Other Titles Lakotas and the politics of memory

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