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Author:

Grua, David W., author.

Title:

Surviving Wounded Knee : the Lakotas and the politics of memory / David W. Grua.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

ix, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-260) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Wounded Knee as a contested site of memory -- Official memory -- Race war and Wounded Knee -- Exonerating the Seventh Cavalry -- Honoring gallant soldiers -- Lakota countermemory -- In memory of the Chief Big Foot massacre -- We never thought of fighting -- Irreconcilable memories -- Liquidating the liability of the United States for Wounded Knee -- Conclusion: Surviving Wounded Knee.

Summary:

"Published on the 125th anniversary of this controversial event, Surviving Wounded Knee examines the Lakota survivors' half-century pursuit of justice and points to lingering questions about the United States' willingness to address the liabilities of Indian conquest,"--Amazon.com.

ISBN:

019024903X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780190249038 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2015035931

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)