One week after the June 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn, when news of the defeat of Custer and his 7th Cavalry troops reached the American public, Lakota Chief Sitting Bull became the most wanted hostile Indian in America. He had resisted intrusions into Lakota land for years, refused to sign treaties, and had called for a gathering of tribes at Little Big Horn. He epitomized resistance. But there are other battles than those of war, and the conflict between Sitting Bull and Indian Agent James McLaughlin was one of those battles. Theirs was a fight over the hearts and minds of the Lakota.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781442244757
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: TwoDot
Publication Date: 06-16-2015
Pages: 392
Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)
About the Author
Norm Matteoni is a first time author of non-fiction, but a long time student of the American West and the life and times of Sitting Bull. Both a legal scholar and practicing lawyer, he has written extensively in law review articles, appellate briefs and a two volume treatise on the Law of Eminent Domain in California. A biographical sketch can be found on his law firm's website - www.matteoni.com. He also is an amateur photographer; and in 2008 he photographed areas of the northern plains, home of the Lakota.