Red Cloud and the Sioux Problem - Paperback

by James C. Olson (Author)

From the mid-1860s until the end of organized resistance on the Great Plains, Red Cloud, the noted Oglala Sioux, epitomized for many the Indian problem. Centered on Red Cloud's career, this is an admirably impartial, circumstantial, and rigorously documented study of the relations between the Sioux and the United States government during the years after the Civil War.

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From the mid-1860s until the end of organized resistance on the Great Plains, Red Cloud, the noted Oglala Sioux, epitomized for many the Indian problem. Centered on Red Cloud's career, this admirably impartial, circumstantial, and rigorously documented study is likely to stand as the definitive account of the relations between the Sioux and the United States government during the years after Civil War.

Author Biography

A distinguished historian, James C. Olson is President Emeritus of the University of Missouri.