| A Man Called Plenty Horses: The Last Warrior of the Great Plains War Contributor(s): Hall, Alan R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1634990420 ISBN-13: 9781634990424 Publisher: America Through Time OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | Native American - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Lifestyles |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.60 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On January 7, 1891, in the immediate aftermath to the assassination of Sitting Bull and the massacre at Wounded Knee Creek, an obscure Sioux Indian shot and killed one Lieutenant Casey in cold blood. This is the forgotten story of the civil trials of Plenty Horses for the murder of the last Whiteman to die in the Great Plains War, trials that legally and dramatically agonized over justifying criminal acts committed during warfare. Four decades of continuous conflict--skirmishes, battles, massacres and atrocities committed by both sides--provide the catalyst to this incident, mainly told from an Indian perspective through eyewitness accounts, while detailing aspects of lost Lakota and Cheyenne culture and spirituality. This lone Indian represented the clash between White expansion and continuation of tribal life on the Great Plains, influenced by decades of bloody fighting, broken treaties, loss of hunting lands, deliberate demise of the buffalo, forced assimilation within Indian schools and the despair of reservations and finally belonging to neither world when the crime was committed. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hall, Alan R.: - Born Melbourne, Australia, in 1944, with an instant love of history, ALAN R. HALL has spent many years studying the Native American Indians and the Great Plains War. He spent his career as an accountant and has been involved in various industries. Now in his retirement he devotes his time to historical research. |