num_pages: 448
description:       This book is the powerful story of the ongoing struggle of indigenous        Americans in the twentieth century United States and of its shift in focus        from traditional battlefield and massacre sites to federal courtrooms        and the halls of Congress.      The Politics of Hallowed Ground includes excerpts from the diary        kept by Mario Gonzalez, the attorney for the Sioux Nation in its struggle        for recognition of the Wounded Knee Massacre site as a national monument.        Gonzalez's personal record of the struggle is coupled with commentary        by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, a Native American writer who places the work in        its historical context. Together, the two voices will draw the reader        into far more than the continuing struggle of the Sioux people to achieve        justice.      The book covers Sioux history from before the Wounded Knee tragedy to        modern times, through the Sioux Nation's long and often rancorous dialogue        with the U.S. government over control of South Dakota's Black Hills, traditional        Sioux lands recognized by treaty in 1877 and never forfeited or sold.        After reading a 13-year-old survivor's narrative of what happened at Wounded        Knee and the list of the dead and wounded, readers will find it difficult        not to share the Sioux perspective.      "Provocative and compelling with its raw incisive written commentary        by a man who is trained as a lawyer but still views his world through        tribal lenses." -- Leonard R. Bruguier, Director of the Institute        of American Indian Studies, University of South Dakota      "By far the most moving, most compelling book I have read about        the Sioux and their ongoing struggle to come to grips with history. Gonzalez        and Cook-Lynn let us see the gut-wrenching realities that people who work        to make a difference face." - Robert Allen Warrior, author of Tribal        Recovering American Indian Intellectual Traditions 
language: English
title: The Politics of Hallowed Ground: Wounded Knee and the Struggle for Indian Sovereignty
titlecomplete: The Politics of Hallowed Ground: Wounded Knee and the Struggle for Indian Sovereignty
genres: American History, History
ratings_count: 11
publisher: University of Illinois Press