Little Bighorn remembered : the untold Indian story of Custer's last stand

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Little Bighorn remembered : the untold Indian story of Custer's last stand / Herman J. Viola.

Summary:

"On the morning of June 25, 1876, soldiers of the elite U.S. Seventh Cavalry led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer attacked a large Indian encampment on the banks of the Little Bighorn River. By day's end, Custer and more than two hundred of his men lay dead. It was a shocking defeat - or magnificent victory, depending on your point of view - and more than a century later it is still the object of controversy, debate, and fascination."--Jacket.

"What really happened on that fateful day? Now, thanks to the work of Herman J. Viola, Curator Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution, we are much closer to answering that question. Dr. Viola, a leader in the preservation of Native American culture and history, has collected here dozens of dramatic, never-before-published accounts by Indians who participated in the battle - accounts that have been handed down to the present day, often secretly and accompanied by oaths of silence, from one generation to the next.

These remarkable eyewitness recollections provide a direct link to that day's events; together they constitute an unprecedented oral history of the battle from the Native American point of view and the most comprehensive eyewitness description of Little Bighorn we have ever had."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0812932560
ISBN: 9780812932560
Physical Description: xiii, 239 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Times Books, ©1999.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: The trail to Little Bighorn -- The day of death -- Cheyenne memories of Little Bighorn : Custer's Cheyenne connections ; Sitting Bull -- A Dakota view of the Great Sioux War : Red Horse and the battle drawings -- Custer and his Crow scouts -- The Crow scouts after Little Bighorn -- Why the Arikara fought for Custer and the Seventh Cavalry : The scouts: extra duties as assigned -- Red Star's pension -- Edward S. Curtis and Custer's Crow scouts -- Archaeologists: detectives on the battlefield : Reno's retreat ; Reily's ring -- Custer: the making of a myth : The Little Bighorn chess set.