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Bíilaachia--White Swan : Crow warrior, Custer scout, American artist
- Title
- Bíilaachia--White Swan : Crow warrior, Custer scout, American artist / Rodney G. Thomas ; foreword by Baa Hinnahcé--Mardell Plainfeather.
- Author
- Thomas, Rodney G.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]
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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 | JFF 23-362 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Additional Authors
- Plainfeather, Mardell Hogan
- Description
- xiv, 233 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
- Summary
- "The story of the Apsáalooke (Crow) men who scouted for the Seventh United States Cavalry in 1876 has been told by historians, the details sometimes distorted or fabricated. Bíilaachia--better known as White Swan--survived the Battle of Little Bighorn despite severe wounds. One soldier recalled him standing beside his horse, firing at the Sioux: "He would not mount up and to try to get away but stood and fought." White Swan continued to scout off-and-on for the U.S. Army until 1881 and recorded his 22 combat actions in 37 paintings and drawings. Done in traditional Plains warrior biographic style, his complete body of work is presented here for the first time, along with the history behind each depiction. His life is detailed in photographs, some never before published, and four little-known interviews, as well as extensive research about the Apsáalooke people"--
- Subject
- White Swan (Crow warrior), 1851 or 1852-1904
- 1800-1899
- 1876
- Crow Indians > Biography
- Indian scouts > Biography
- Indian painters > Biography
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 > Biography
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, in art
- Crow art
- Crow Indians
- Indian painters
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the (Montana : 1876) in art
- Indian scouts
- Montana
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- "Soldiers of the government" -- "It shall be done as you say" -- "Let's get off and make a stand" -- "Come and get me, I am hurt" -- Apsáalooke Dúxxia-Crow warrior -- Perpetual wars -- Cousins and camps -- Crooks and creations -- American artist -- Dáakshee-Deeds -- With military honors.
- Call Number
- JFF 23-362
- ISBN
- 9781476685946
- 1476685940
- 9781476644394 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022036995
- OCLC
- 1262119893
- Author
- Thomas, Rodney G., author.
- Title
- Bíilaachia--White Swan : Crow warrior, Custer scout, American artist / Rodney G. Thomas ; foreword by Baa Hinnahcé--Mardell Plainfeather.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Chronological Term
- 1876
- Added Author
- Plainfeather, Mardell Hogan, writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 23-362