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Surviving Wounded Knee : the Lakotas and the Politics of Memory /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grua, David W. (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
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.
South Dakota > Race relations.
Memorialization > South Dakota.
Memory > Political aspects > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.