| Description |
xii, 347 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-347). |
| Summary |
"In 1878 approximately three hundred Northern Cheyennes under the leadership of Dull Knife and Little Wolf fled shameful conditions on an Indian Territory reservation in present-day Oklahoma. Settled there against their will, they were making a peaceful attempt to return to their homeland in the Tongue River country. Despite earlier promises that the Cheyennes could choose to leave the reservation, government officials declared them renegades and sent thousands of soldiers in pursuit." "In 1995 Alan Boye set out on foot to follow Dull Knife's thousand-mile flight through the sparsely populated wilderness of America's high plains. Along the way he was joined by descendants of Dull Knife. Holding Stone Hands is the tale of two journeys. Boye provides a vivid, moving account of the Cheyennes' struggle to return to Montana. At the same time, he details the trek he and his Cheyenne companions made through four states and his growing understanding of why the Cheyennes' longing for their homeland was stronger than their desire to live."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Contents |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Cheyenne Indians -- History -- 19th century.
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Cheyenne Indians -- Relocation.
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Cheyenne Indians -- Government relations.
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Dull Knife, approximately 1828-1879 or 1883.
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Little Wolf, -1904.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Boye, Alan, 1950- Holding stone hands. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1999 (OCoLC)607915444 |
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Online version: Boye, Alan, 1950- Holding stone hands. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1999 (OCoLC)627767510 |
| ISBN |
0803212941 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780803212947 cloth alkaline paper |
| Sudoc No. |
U5001 T767 -1999 nbdocs |
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