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Title: Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge: A Lakota Odyssey by Joe Starita ISBN: 0-425-15132-8 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: March, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: American Indian History
Comment: From the perspective of two generations of Dull Knifes (Guy Sr. and Jr.) the reader is given a 5-generation perspective on just about every important challenge faced by the Lakota/Oglala Sioux and Northern Cheyenne. There is more impact in reading this story than from reading a history book because these are real people telling their real stories which keeps within the Indian tradition of oral history. Most important, is the theme of resistance/persistence which runs throughout this history into the present day, emphasized by the obvious - 5 generations of Dull Knifes and still going. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Being a Lakota
Comment: I would never have read this book had I not been assigned a project dealing with Chief Dull Knife's death march from Indian Territory. I picked it up and got plenty of information about that historical event. Reading on, I discovered a great deal more.
In addition to tracing four generations of Dull Knifes, this book is one of the most comprehensive and attractive histories of the Lakota people ever. It covers almost everything -from the battle of the Little Big Horn to the upsurge of Indian pride following the siege of Wounded Knee. Though I had read bits and pieces about them before, I was able to form a more integrated picture of the Sioux after reading this book. Often suppressed and today among the poorest groups in America, the Lakotas have held onto and passed down the beauty and resilience of their culture- like the Dull Knife who wore a medicine bundle into Vietnam and Sioux women favoring herbs and blossoms over shampoo. This spirit even shows in the narrative's fresh, confident feel.
The book also offers a glimpse at the personality of Dewey Beard, the last survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, who died in 1959 and was a friend of the Dull Knife family.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Saga of Five Generations of a Proud and Beautiful People
Comment: An engaging story of one family of the Lakota (Sioux) from the time the treaty was signed creating Indian reservations to the present. In each generation one or more of the family members are presented in reasonable detail. See the hopes, challenges, and triumphs of each generation and get to know and love them as they attempt to hold onto important aspects of their native culture while they step into modern life with mixed successes. You'll gain an appreciation of the dedicated military service many Indians have given the U.S., and perhaps you'll twitch uncomfortably or maybe grin at the soldier who collected ears from his battlefield conquests. In total I gained a new respect of the Lakota.
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Title: In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen ISBN: 0140144560 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1992 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Mother Earth Spirituality : Native American Paths to Healing Ourselves and Our World by Ed McGaa ISBN: 0062505963 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 10 May, 1990 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown ISBN: 0805066691 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 23 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Crow Dog : Four Generations of Sioux Medicine Men by Leonard C. Dog ISBN: 0060926821 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 28 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Dine: A History of the Navajos by Peter Iverson, Monty Roessel ISBN: 082632715X Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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