From Wounded Knee to the Gallows: The Life and Trials of Lakota Chief Two Sticks
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On December 28, 1894, the day before the fourth anniversary of the massacre at Wounded Knee, Lakota chief Two Sticks was hanged in Deadwood, South Dakota. The headline in the Black Hills Daily Times the next day read "A GOOD INDIAN"--a spiteful turn on the infamous saying "The only good Indian is a dead Indian."
On the gallows, Two Sticks, known among his people as Can Nopa Uhah, declared, "My heart knows I am not guilty and I am happy."...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0806164913
ISBN13:9780806164915
Release Date:April 2020
Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
Length:294 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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