Firewater and Forked Tongues
A Sioux Chief Interprets American History
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Native American Studies, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | M. I. McCreight | ISBN: | 9781787209077 |
| Publisher: | Borodino Books | Publication: | January 12, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Borodino Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | M. I. McCreight |
| ISBN: | 9781787209077 |
| Publisher: | Borodino Books |
| Publication: | January 12, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Borodino Books |
| Language: | English |
As a dedicated Native American advocate since the age of 20, author Major Israel McCreight saw the sad plight of the Indians in the period following the Custer Fight and the Battle of Wounded Kane.
This book, first published in 1947, is the account of the versions of U.S. history according to the old Sioux Chief, FLYING HAWK. Flying Hawk, who was a nephew of Sitting Bull and fought with Crazy Horse at Little Big Horn, dictated his narrative to McCreight, thus making this an account not from the perspective of “the white man”—but as it really happened…
A fascinating read!
As a dedicated Native American advocate since the age of 20, author Major Israel McCreight saw the sad plight of the Indians in the period following the Custer Fight and the Battle of Wounded Kane.
This book, first published in 1947, is the account of the versions of U.S. history according to the old Sioux Chief, FLYING HAWK. Flying Hawk, who was a nephew of Sitting Bull and fought with Crazy Horse at Little Big Horn, dictated his narrative to McCreight, thus making this an account not from the perspective of “the white man”—but as it really happened…
A fascinating read!
