In the Spirit of Crazy HorseOn a hot June morning in 1975, a desperate shoot-out between FBI agents and Native Americans near Wounded Knee, South Dakota, left an Indian and two federal agents dead. Four members of the American Indian Movement were indicted on murder charges, and one, Leonard Peltier, was convicted and is now serving consecutive life sentences in a federal penitentiary. Behind this violent chain of events lie issues of great complexity and profound historical resonance, brilliantly explicated by Peter Matthiessen in this controversial book. Kept off the shelves for eight years because of one of the most protracted and bitterly fought legal cases in publishing history, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse reveals the Lakota tribe's long struggle with the U.S. government, and makes clear why the traditional Indian concept of the earth is so important at a time when increasing populations are destroying the precious resources of our world.--From publisher description. |
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... tribal councils that mostly reflected the wishes of the white man's church and state . According to widespread Indian custom , those who oppose a certain course of action register disapproval of it by staying away , and the councils ...
... tribal councils that mostly reflected the wishes of the white man's church and state . According to widespread Indian custom , those who oppose a certain course of action register disapproval of it by staying away , and the councils ...
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... Tribal Council families were mixed - blood Christians , well indoctrinated with the " European " values acquired ... tribal governments used to their own advantage . " Today the popular interpretation is that tribal councils are corrupt ...
... Tribal Council families were mixed - blood Christians , well indoctrinated with the " European " values acquired ... tribal governments used to their own advantage . " Today the popular interpretation is that tribal councils are corrupt ...
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... Tribal Council was working to divide the people , much as the Pine Ridge Tribal Council did eight years ago , in order to undermine Indian resistance to energy develop- ment , which is now spreading all the way east into Minnesota ...
... Tribal Council was working to divide the people , much as the Pine Ridge Tribal Council did eight years ago , in order to undermine Indian resistance to energy develop- ment , which is now spreading all the way east into Minnesota ...
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The Oglala Lakota 18351965 | 3 |
FebruaryMay 1973 | 59 |
JanuarySeptember 1974 | 84 |
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