Indian Views of the Custer Fight: A Source Book: 23 (Frontier Military Series) - Hardcover

Richard G. Hardorff (author)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870623230 ISBN 13: 9780870623233

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004

Synopsis

Oklahoma is home to nearly forty American Indian tribes, and includes the largest Native population of any state. As a result, many Americans think of the state as “Indian Country.” For more than half a century readers have turned to Muriel H. Wright’s A Guide to the Indian Tribes of Oklahoma as the authoritative source for information on the state’s Native peoples. Now Blue Clark, an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, has rendered a completely new guide that reflects the drastic transformation of Indian Country in recent years.As a synthesis of current knowledge, this book places the state’s Indians in their contemporary context as no other book has done. Solidly grounded in scholarship and Native oral tradition, it provides general readers the unique story of each tribe, from the Alabama-Quassartes to the Yuchis. Each entry contains a complete statistical and narrative summary of the tribe, encompassing everything from origin tales and archaeological research to contemporary ceremonies and tribal businesses. The entries also include tribal websites and suggested readings, along with photographs depicting prominent tribal personages, visitor sites, and accomplishments.

About this title

Review:

"By emphasizing Indian perspectives, Hardorff contributes to the reorientation of Indian wars history."

About the Author:

Richard G. Hardorff is the author of numerous works on the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer, and the Plains Indians, including Lakota Recollections of the Custer Fight and Custer and the Little Bighorn. He resides in Genoa, Illinois.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0870623230
• ISBN 13: 9780870623233
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240