A Sioux Chronicle

GEORGE E HYDE

Publication: Univ of OK Press, 1956, Norman

First edition. Cloth, 334pp., illus., 2 maps, index. An outstanding history of the Sioux from 1878 to 1890, a critical period in which the Sioux were confined to reservation life and struggled to maintain their cultural traditions. Not only were they torn by internal struggles for power and leadership, they were subjected to callous and often corrupt Government Officials. He discusses important Sioux leaders to include Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, and Sitting Bull and examines the loss of Sioux lands and the government’s attempts to change Sioux traditions and way of life. The final section focuses on the Ghost Dance movement and the growing tensions between the Sioux and the U.S. military, ending with the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. A most thorough history and a continuation of George Hyde's classic earlier work Red Cloud's Folk. Previous owners name and address neatly written on upper fore-corner of front free-endpaper, else a lightly rubbed, near fine copy. Very good dust jacket shows some rubbing and modest edge wear.