The battle of the Greasy Grass  / Little Bighorn
Subtitle: Custer's last stand in memory, history, and popular culture
By: by Debra Buchholtz
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780415895583; 9780415895590; 9780203116784
Subjects: Public opinion; Cheyenne Indians; Indians of North America; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876; Dakota Indians; Indians in popular culture; Wars, 1876
Description: "In June of 1876, the U.S. government's plan to pressure the Lakota and Cheyenne people onto reservations came to a dramatic and violent end with a battle that would become enshrined in American memory. In the eyes of many Americans at the time, the Battle of Little Bighorn represented a symbolic struggle between the civilized and the savage. Known as the Battle of the Greasy Grass to the Lakota, the Battle of Little Bighorn to the people who suppressed them, and as Custer's Last Stand in the annals of popular culture, the event continues to captivate students of American history. In The Battle of Little Bighorn, Debra Buchholtz narrates the history of the battle and critically examines the legacy it has left. Through government documents, newspaper articles, and eyewitness accounts, Buchholtz situates the material and symbolic impact of the battle at the time. Using popular film and cultural references, she investigates the ways in which the wake of the event continues to shape the way students understand indigenous peoples, the Wild West, and the history of America."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.