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Author:
Beidler, Peter G.
Title:
Murdering Indians : a documentary history of the 1897 killings that inspired Louise Erdrich's the Plague of Doves / Peter G. Beidler.
Publisher:
McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
x, 246 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Dakota Indians--Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--History--19th century.
Dakota Indians--Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--Social conditions.
Dakota Indians--Legal status, laws, etc.--Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
Homicide--North Dakota--History--19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--North Dakota--History--19th century.
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota--Trials, litigation, etc.
Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--History--19th century.
Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--Trials, litigation, etc.
Notes:
Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"In 1897 a family of six was murdered in rural North Dakota. Several Dakota Indians from Standing Rock reservation were arrested, tried, pronounced guilty, and sentenced to hanged. This work gathers together many documents, including the transcript of the trial, along with the author's commentary, telling a disturbing tale of racism and revenge in the pioneer West"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0786475641 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786475643 (softcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)858610768
LCCN:
2013036368
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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