Legacy: New Perspectives on the Battle of the Little BighornCharles E. Rankin In this collection of essays from the 1994 Little Bighorn Legacy Symposium, an astounding array of scholars discuss the battle's context, historical significance, and cultural impact from both white and Native American perspectives. Contributors include Richard A. Fox, Jr., Paul Andrew Hutton, Edward T. Linenthal, and Richard S. Slotkin. Essays examine such diverse topics as the environmental context of the northern plains, new archaeological discoveries about the battle, Custer in art and the movies, and the battle's symbolic legacy. |
Contents
Indian Policy and the Battle of the Little Bighorn | 23 |
Crazy Horse Lakota Leadership | 61 |
Little Bighorn | 83 |
Oral and Written Indian Perspectives | 125 |
The Indian Village | 139 |
Archaeological Perspectives on the Battle | 167 |
The United States Army | 189 |
Artists and the Mythic Moment | 209 |
Contemporary Perspectives on the Little Bighorn | 271 |
Signifying on the Little Bighorn | 287 |
The Little Bighorn | 307 |
Little Bighorn Legacy Symposium Presenters | 320 |
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