* History of the nineteenth-century Lakota, told by a Lakota woman raised traditionally
Emily Levine is a longtime landscaper in Lincoln, Nebraska.
“Bettelyoun’s stories raise important questions about other
cultures and particularly oral cultures: whose voice is heard,
whose truth counts, and what is true and false about the history of
the American West. . . . Bettelyoun’s stories allow readers to hear
the voice of a person moving back and forth between several
cultures and truths. An important addition to history.”—Choice
“An unmatched perspective on the struggle of the Lakota against the
white tide of Manifest Destiny.”—News from Indian Country
“This book is quite unusual in being a firsthand account of
19th-century Sioux life by a woman. It is also a very readable and
fascinating account of a key period in Plains Indian life.”—Library
Journal
"Bettelyoun's stories raise important questions about other
cultures and particularly oral cultures: whose voice is heard,
whose truth counts, and what is true and false about the history of
the American West. . . . Bettelyoun's stories allow readers to hear
the voice of a person moving back and forth between several
cultures and truths. An important addition to
history."-Choice
"An unmatched perspective on the struggle of the Lakota against the
white tide of Manifest Destiny."-News from Indian
Country
"This book is quite unusual in being a firsthand account of
19th-century Sioux life by a woman. It is also a very readable and
fascinating account of a key period in Plains Indian
life."-Library Journal
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