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Murdering Indians : a documentary history of the 1897 killings that inspired Louise Erdrich's the Plague of Doves
- Title
- Murdering Indians : a documentary history of the 1897 killings that inspired Louise Erdrich's the Plague of Doves / Peter G. Beidler.
- Author
- Beidler, Peter G.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-19 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 246 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "In 1897 a family of six was murdered in rural North Dakota. Several Dakota Indians from Standing Rock reservation were arrested, tried, pronounced guilty, and sentenced to hanged. This work gathers together many documents, including the transcript of the trial, along with the author's commentary, telling a disturbing tale of racism and revenge in the pioneer West"--
- Subjects
- Dakota Indians > Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.) > Social conditions
- Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.) > Trials, litigation, etc
- Dakota Indians > Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.) > History > 19th century
- Dakota Indians > Legal status, laws, etc > Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota > Trials, litigation, etc
- Frontier and pioneer life > North Dakota > History > 19th century
- Homicide > North Dakota > History > 19th century
- Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.) > History > 19th century
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-19
- ISBN
- 9780786475643 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786475641 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2013036368
- OCLC
- 858610768
- Author
- Beidler, Peter G.
- Title
- Murdering Indians : a documentary history of the 1897 killings that inspired Louise Erdrich's the Plague of Doves / Peter G. Beidler.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-19