ASIN: B07V7KS524
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 94
The Black Hills, Dakota Territory, 1870s: a time of blood and magic.Compelled by a Vision, the warrior Crazy Horse swears to drive the whites from Lakota land.These poems recount his exploits, his personal turmoil, and the travails of his people.The imagery is dreamlike, the story irresistible.In the 1870s large deposits of gold were found in the Black Hills of the U.S. Territory of Dakota. By treaty the land belonged to the indigenous people, the Sioux. But when thousands of prospectors flooded into the Black Hills the U.S. Cavalry was dispatched to protect them. So began the bloody conflict that would lead to the displacement and humiliation of the original inhabitants of this area.The Crazy Horse Suite uses the voices of three characters besides Crazy Horse: Crazy Horse’s friend, Little Big Man; Crazy Horse’s lover, Black Buffalo Woman; and George Armstrong Custer, who led his ...
