From Wovoka to Wounded Knee: deprivation of Sioux traditional life and the massacre of Wounded Knee in 1890

The purpose of this thesis is to explore deprivation experienced by the nineteenth century Sioux who suffered the loss of traditional lands, economic independence, buffalo, tribal customs, and religion. After years of reservation life, starvation, and deprivation at the hands of the U.S. government,...

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Main Author: Buch, Mariangela
Format: Others
Published: FIU Digital Commons 2002
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Online Access:http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1881