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Which chosen people? : Manifest Destiny meets the Sioux as seen by Frank Fiske, frontier photographer / Robert V. Dodge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dodge, Robert, 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dakota Indians--History--19th century.
- Dakota Indians.
- Dakota Indians--Wars, 1890-1891.
- Indians, Treatment of--Great Plains--History.
- Indians, Treatment of.
- Dakota Indians--Government relations.
- Dakota Indians--Relocation.
- Sitting Bull, 1831-1890.
- Sitting Bull.
- Fiske, Frank Bennett, 1883-1952.
- Fiske, Frank Bennett.
- Photographers--North Dakota--Biography.
- Photographers.
- History.
- North Dakota.
- Great Plains.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 197 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Publishing, [2013]
- Contents:
- The new chosen people and the obsession
- What led to Sitting Bull's hostility
- The Sioux challenge to white empire
- Sitting Bull as leader of the Sioux Nation
- The Indians' final victory
- Rounding up the Sioux after Little Big Horn
- The 1880s, closing gates and "civilizing" Indians
- Showdown between the chosen
- Sitting Bull's murder and Frank's reaction
- The American empire complete at Wounded Knee
- Life goes on at standing rock
- Frank growing up, discovering interests new and old
- American exceptionalism moves overseas
- Frank begins his career and revives his past
- Riverboat travel, viewing the past and reflecting
- Life as an adult at Standing Rock
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781628940275
- 1628940271
- 9781628940282
- 162894028X
- OCLC:
- 853313598
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