Lakota America
by Pekka Hamalainen
Buy on AmazonThe first comprehensive history of the Lakota Indians and their profound role in shaping America's history This first complete account of the Lakota Indians traces their rich and often surprising history from the early sixteenth to the early twenty'Ć'Äòfirst century. Pekka H√§m√§l√§inen explores the Lakotas' roots as marginal hunter'Ć'Äògatherers and reveals how they reinvented themselves twice: first as a river people who dominated the Missouri Valley, America's great commercial artery, and then—in what was America's first sweeping westward expansion—as a horse people who ruled supreme on the vast high plains. The Lakotas are imprinted in American historical memory.…
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"reframes the Plains as a site of constant reconfiguration by both battle and diplomacy dominated by the adaptability and resilience of the Lakota people."
By the Book: Alice Elliott Dark · nytimes.com