Review: Great Guide to Understand Sioux Traditions & Custer's Crushing Defeat in 1876 by Crazy Horse & Sitting Bull
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 23, 2014
Just yesterday I paid ny third visit to the Little Bighorn Battlefield where George Armstrong Custer, two-time Medal-of-honor winner Tom Custer, and their nephew Boston Custer, along with more than 200 other soldiers, were vanquished by warriors led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. Which is to say, I am a serious history buff.In just an estimated 67 pages, Charles Rivers Editors has provided a history rich in detail and sensitive to the traditions and beliefs of its subject.I love so much of this booklet. It verbally and graphically explains the seven groups, or hearths, comprising the Sioux nation. As a means in so doing, it uses a color illustration and provides a summary of the Sioux origin according to their religious philosophy.I also was interested to learn how Sitting Bull got his adult name.The discussions regarding Fort Fetterman, and Little Bighorn were excellent, yet brief. But I was pleasantly surprised to find information on Wounded Knee 1890 AND 1973.I also enjoyed viewing the black and white portraits of several prominent Sioux leaders.I am growing to love what Charles Rivers Editors is providing on Amazon Kindle. My only wish is that Native American Tribes: The Culture and History of the Sioux is only 67 pages - I could devour another couple hundred pages of such fabulous writing.