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Sitting Bull: Champion of the Sioux (Volume 46) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) Paperback – October 15, 1989

by Stanley Vestal (Author)
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"If that is Long Hair, I am the one who killed him," White Bull, the young nephew of Sitting Bull, said when Bad Juice pointed out Custer's body immediately after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Yet it was Sitting Bull who acquired the notoriety and was paraded in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as "the warrior who killed Custer." But this new edition of Stanley Vestal's classic biography of the famous chief emphasizes that "Sitting Bull's fame does not rest upon the death of Custer’s five troops. Had he been twenty miles away shooting antelope that morning, he would still remain the greatest of the Sioux."

The stirring account of the death throes of a mighty nation and its leader is the story of the "greatest of the Sioux" and his struggle to keep his people free and united. The Sioux were formidable warriors, as attested to by men who fought against them, like General Anson Mills, who said, "They were the best cavalry in the world; their like will never be seen again," but they were up against an overwhelming tide of soldiers, homesteaders, and bureaucrats. Sitting Bull fought long and hard and "He was ... a statesman, one of the most farsighted we have had," but statesmanship could not prevail against such odds.

This powerful biography of Sitting Bull is brought to a new generation of readers in h a new and expanded edition, for much new material had been added to the original edition (published in 1932) that could not be disclosed while the informants were still living. Sitting Bull is a moving account of the epic courage of one man in the face of his inevitable defeat as the last defender of his people's rights.

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  1. Part of series
    Civilization of the American Indians
  2. Print length
    400 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    University of Oklahoma Press
  5. Publication date
    October 15, 1989
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.96 x 9 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0806122196
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0806122199
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Stanley Vestal is the pen name of Walter S. Campbell, who up grew up in Southern Cheyenne country. A graduate of Oxford University and longtime Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma, he wrote many distinguished books on American Indians and the West, including Sitting Bull, Champion of the Sioux.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Oklahoma Press; first paperback printing edition (October 15, 1989)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0806122196
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0806122199
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.96 x 9 inches
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  • The Journalist
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book balances out the narrative.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2024
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    This was a fascinating book, based upon research and interviews done by writer Stanley Vestal in the first half of the 20th century. Vestal became close to Sitting Bull's aging nephews and interviewed them exhaustively to compile this work.

    Both the history of westward expansion as it pertains to Native Americans as well described traditions are touched upon. Though I was reading it for my own research, I found it to be both helpful and most intriguing.

    History has always belonged to the winners, but Vestal has presented the Indians' own story to balance out the narrative.

    Well-written and well-done.
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  • Sunny
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sitting Bulls story is one of the truly remarkable ones of the entire hisory of the changes taking place it the West.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2013
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    Sitting Bulls story is one of the truly remarkable ones of the entire hisory of the changes taking place it the West.
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  • Onoldah H. Rone
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good Read
    Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2014
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    So many books have been written about the most well known Indians. Each writer inserts their own opinions in most of ones I have read and that's understood, but this book seemed to include more facts as known by still living people than from stories which had been handed down. I found it a good read.
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  • Dennis Leonard
    4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent first half of book starts to run out of ...
    Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2017
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    Excellent first half of book starts to run out of gas in the half and is empty by the4th qtr.
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  • Hammer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Une biographie incroyable
    Reviewed in France on May 8, 2022
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    Cet ouvrage a été écrit par un historien qui a collecté les témoignages de différents témoins directs de la vie du grand chef indien. Il en résulte une biographie très interessante qui pourra servir de base pour ceux qui souhaitent avoir une vue globale sur les évènements ayant parsemés la vie de Sitting Bull.
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  • Lorraine Astbury
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 11, 2018
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    Great book
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