The first comprehensive history of the Lakota Indians and their profound role in shaping America’s history This first co
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Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
A Note on Terminology
Introduction: Dark Matter of History
ONE A Place in the World
TWO Facing West
THREE The Imperial Cauldron
FOUR The Lakota Meridian
FIVE The Call of the White Buffalo Calf Woman
SIX Empires
SEVEN War
EIGHT Shapeshifters
NINE Upside-Down Soldiers
Epilogue: The Lakota Struggle for Indigenous Sovereignty
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Glossary
Index