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Grua, David W., author.

Title Surviving Wounded Knee : the Lakotas and the politics of memory / David W. Grua.

Publication Info.	New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
	©2016.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	973.86 GRUA	Check Shelf
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department	973.86 GRUA	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	973.86 G92	Check Shelf

Description	ix, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-260) and index.
Contents	Introduction: The politics of Wounded Knee memory -- Official memory -- Race war and Wounded Knee -- Exonerating the Seventh Cavalry -- Honoring gallant soldiers -- Lakota countermemory -- In memory of the Chief Big Foot massacre -- We never thought of fighting -- Irreconcilable memories -- Liquidating the liability of the United States -- Conclusion: Surviving Wounded Knee.
Summary	"Published on the 125th anniversary of this controversial event, Surviving Wounded Knee examines the Lakota survivors' half-century pursuit of justice and points to lingering questions about the United States' willingness to address the liabilities of Indian conquest,"--Amazon.com.
Subject	Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
	Dakota Indians -- Government relations.
	Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1890-1891.
	Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890 -- Claims.
	Memorialization -- Political aspects -- United States.
	Collective memory -- South Dakota.
	Dakota Indians -- Claims.
	South Dakota -- Race relations.
	Memorialization -- South Dakota.
	Memory -- Political aspects -- United States.
Added Title	Lakotas and the politics of memory
ISBN	9780190249038 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	019024903X (hardcover : alk. paper)

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