The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indians

The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indians

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Book Description
This compelling narrative explains how Native Americans found themselves time and again betrayed by the ever-expanding white nation of the East, fighting for lands on the edge of the shrinking frontier. Long considered a classic, this edition features an introduction by Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.

About the Author
Ralph K. Andrist, scholar and radio journalist, is the author of California Gold Rush, Steamboats on the Mississippi, and Andrew Jackson, Soldier and Statesman. He resides in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indians,Ralph K. Andrist,University of Oklahoma Press,0806133082,19th century,Anthropology - Cultural,Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies,Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes,Great Plains,History,History: American,Indians of North America,Native American,Native Americans - Plains,Sociology,United States - State & Local - General,Wars,American history,History of specific racial & ethnic groups,Indigenous peoples,North America,Social & cultural anthropology,Western & Pacific Coast states

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