Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux
Government officials and missionaries wanted all Sioux men to become self-sufficient farmers, wear pants, and cut their hair. The Indians, confronted by a land-hungry white population and a loss of hunting grounds, sought to exchange title to their homeland for annuities of cash and food, schools and teachers, and farms and agricultural knowledge. By 1862 the Sioux realized that their extensive kinship network and religion were in jeopardy and that the government would not fulfill its promises.With their way of life endangered, the Sioux turned to Little Crow to lead them in a war for self-preservation, a war that Little Crow had tried to avo…
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- ISBN: 978-0-87351-196-4
- EAN: 9780873511964
- Produktnummer: 20600112
- Verlag: Minnesota Historical Soc Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1986
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.3 cm x D2.0 cm 449 g
- Gewicht: 449
- Sonstiges: Ab 14 - 18 J.
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