American Indian removal and the trail to Wounded Knee
By: by Kevin Hillstrom and Laurie Collier Hillstrom.
Contributors: Hillstrom, Laurie Collier, 1965-
Series: Defining moments
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780780811294
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Relocation -- Great Plains; Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- Government relations -- History -- 19th century; Indians, Treatment of -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
Description: "Analyzes the development of Indian removal policies and the tragedy at Wounded Knee, the 1890 massacre of American Indians by U.S. Cavalry troops. Examines the wider context of Indian-white relations in America. Features include a narrative overview, biographies, primary sources, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: European colonization of the "New World"; title: A vanishing way of life; title: Standing in the way of westward expansion; title: Sitting Bull and the Sioux wars; title: The massacre at Wounded Knee; title: American Indians in a White world; title: The legacy of Wounded Knee.