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PublisherGibbs Smith, Publisher

ISBN-10142360556X

ISBN-139781423605560

eBay Product ID (ePID)26038845201

Product Key Features

Book TitleSitting Bull : His Life and Legacy

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicNative American

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorErnie Lapointe

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight10.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2009-004745

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal978.004/97520092 B

Table Of Content9 Acknowledgments 11 Foreword 15 Preface 19 Introduction 21 Jumping Badger 26 Earning His Name 31 The Strong Heart Society 34 Jumping Bull 39 Wives and Children 44 Gazing at the Sun: The First Vision 48 Encountering the Americans 50 The Leader of the Lakota 53 Arrow Creek 58 Broken Promises 61 The Stage is Set 68 The Battle of the Greasy Grass 72 In the Land of the Grandmother 81 Military Custody 85 A Limited Captivity 91 The Ghost Dance 94 Betrayal 102 The Murder 108 Burying the Dead 113 Leaving Standing Rock 118 The Burial Site of Tatanka Iyotake 122 Living The Legacy 128 Appendix 1 A Letter from E.D. Mossman, Superintendant of the Standing Rock Indian School, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C. 131 Appendix 2 Assessment of a Lock of Hair and Leggings Attributed to Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Sioux, in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution-Executive Summary 143 Glossary

SynopsisErnie LaPointe is the great-grandson of the famous Hunkpapa Lakota chief, and he presents the family tales and memories told to him about his great-grandfather. In many ways the oral history differs from what has become the standard and widely accepted biography of Sitting Bull. LaPointe explains the discrepancies, how they occurred, and why he wants to tell his story of Tatanka Iyotake., The only book on Sitting Bull written by a lineal descendant Ernie LaPointe is the great -grandson of the famous Hunkpapa Lakota chief, and he presents the family tales and memories told to him about his great-grandfather. In many ways the oral history differs from what has become the standard and widely accepted biography of Sitting Bull. LaPointe explains the discrepancies, how they occurred, and why he wants to tell his story of TatankaIyotake., The only book on Sitting Bull written by a lineal descendant Ernie LaPointe is the great -grandson of the famous Hunkpapa Lakota chief, and he presents the family tales and memories told to him about his great-grandfather. In many ways the oral history differs from what has become the standard and widely accepted biography of Sitting Bull. LaPointe explains the discrepancies, how they occurred, and why he wants to tell his story of Tatanka Iyotake. Ernie LaPointe, a great-grandson of Sitting Bull, was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He is a Sundancer and lives the traditional way of the Lakota and follows the rules of the sacred pipe. He lives in South Dakota.

LC Classification NumberE99.D1.S569 2009