Mjög fræðandi frásögn um samfélag Lakota indjána í N.-Ameríku bæði áður en hvíti maðurinn kom til Ameríku og til dagsins í dag. Stór hluti bókarinnar, sérstaklega fyrri hlutinn fjallar um sigur Lakota ættbálksins á 7. riddaraliðsdeildinni við Little Bighorn eftir að hún réðst á tjaldbúðir indjánanna.
Gallinn við þessa bók er hve einhliða hún er og endurtekur sig að miklu leyti í umfjöllunni um átökin við Little Bighorn. ( )

I bought this book on vacation in South Dakota and read it all through while I was there. We didn't ever visit the historic battle site like I thought that I would (I was not the planner of the itinerary,) but there was still something to reading this book while in (near) the landscape it was talking about.

This book sometimes felt more like a series of essays, as there were thoughts and stories repeated over in successive chapters, without necessarily feeling like it acknowledge that you'd read it before.

This is not just the story of the battle, but how it got to that point, and then the far-reaching consequences. A needed perspective, especially now in the time of NoDAPL and other modern activism. In fact, maybe the storytelling of this book was sometimes repetitive in view of the fact that history itself is repetitive and cyclical -- these same patterns happening over and over again. If we want to push on this cycle, bend it with a view to justice, it helps to have an understanding of the past. ( )

A brief but detailed look at the battle of Little Bighorn. Delving into the history of the Lakota nation and also the aftermath, quite thought provoking. ( )

Good book, I learned a lot about Lakota perspective. There were some repeats in the listen, which caused some boredom. ( )

Absolutely fabulous book. Also very sad. The Story of The Little Big Horn told by the Lakota's. Most of their history is handed down orally so this was a totally differnt look at what happened. Overall in my opinion what this country did to the Native Americans is horrible and there is no excuse of any kind that would condone it.Highly Recommended for EVERYONE ( )