Red Cloud and the Sioux Problem

by James C. Olson

Book Overview

From the mid-1860s until the end of organized resistance on the Great Plains, Red Cloud, the noted Oglala Sioux, epitomized for many the Indian problem. Centered on Red Cloud's career, this is an admirably impartial, circumstantial, and rigorously documented study of the relations between the Sioux and the United States government during the years after the Civil War.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803258178
• ISBN13: 9780803258174
• Release Date: November 1974
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A Great Chief of the Sioux

As a former Director of the Nebraska State Historical Society Mr. Olson had the opportunity to study many documents unpublished before of the Sioux Nation and the wars between them and the United States. So the idea is given : to write a book that could be considered as a supplement to George E. Hyde's basic work, Red Cloud's Folk. The main purpose of this book is to make acquainted the reader with the less known episodes of the life of the great chief while it of course can be used as a comlete biography. It is for everyone who is deeply interested in Native American culture and history.A serious study from a serious historian to serious students.