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The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge: A Lakota Odyssey
Joe Starita
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Description for The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge: A Lakota Odyssey
Paperback. Tells the triumphant and moving story of a Lakota-Northern Cheyenne family. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
A fine story of cultural survival and a history that should find a place alongside those of a Crazy Horse or a Sitting Bull-integral parts of the American experience.—Booklist
Joe Starita tells the triumphant and moving story of a Lakota-Northern Cheyenne family. In 1878, the renowned Chief Dull Knife, who fought alongside Crazy Horse, escaped from forced relocation in Indian Territory and led followers on a desperate six-hundred-mile freedom flight back to their homeland. His son, George Dull Knife survived the Wounded Knee Massacre and later toured in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. Guy Dull Knife Sr. fought in World ... Read more
Starita updates the Dull Knife family history in his new afterword for this Bison Books edition.
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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
563g
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803292949
SKU
V9780803292949
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99-15
About Joe Starita
An award-winning investigative journalist and former New York bureau chief for The Miami Herald, Joe Starita is now an associate professor of journalism at the University of Nebraska.
Reviews for The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge: A Lakota Odyssey
"This is a living, heartbreaking account of four generations of a Lakota Sioux family. . . . A truly fine book rich in historical and personal detail of a family and a people."—The Boston Globe "No superfluous sentimentality impedes this saga; it moves across the pages with an immediacy that belies its century-plus timespan. . . . The Dull Knifes ... Read more