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Marshall, raised on the Rosebud Indian Reservation and author of several books on Lakota culture, here analyzes the legendary Battle of the Little Bighorn by placing it in the broader context of Lakota history, telling the "real story" passed on by ancestors who were present on that June day in 1876. Varying from the "white military version" of the battle, which traditionally attributes U.S. casualties to troop miscommunications and underestimation of the number of Lakota lodges in the valley, Marshall's account illuminates overlooked factors inherent in Lakota tradition. First is the valuing of leadership, which produced a steady supply of well-seasoned leaders, not limited to Crazy Horse, and which continues today. Second, Lakota men were trained from birth to function as warriors, hunters, and protectors. Simply put, Marshall maintains that the Lakota warriors encountered by the U.S. cavalry were "better trained and more highly skilled" than the soldiers they faced. Marshall offers a thoughtful and enlightening alternative look at this iconic chapter in American history. Deborah Donovan
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The author of The Journey of Crazy Horse presents a legendary battle through the eyes of the Lakota
The saga of ?Custer?s Last Stand? has become ingrained in the lore of the American West, and the key players?Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and George Armstrong Custer?have grown to larger-than-life proportions. Now, award-winning historian Joseph M. Marshall presents the revisionist view of the Battle of the Little Bighorn that has been available only in the Lakota oral tradition. Drawing on this rich source of storytelling, Marshall uncovers what really took place at the Little Big Horn and provides fresh insight into the significance of that bloody day.
The saga of ?Custer?s Last Stand? has become ingrained in the lore of the American West, and the key players?Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and George Armstrong Custer?have grown to larger-than-life proportions. Now, award-winning historian Joseph M. Marshall presents the revisionist view of the Battle of the Little Bighorn that has been available only in the Lakota oral tradition. Drawing on this rich source of storytelling, Marshall uncovers what really took place at the Little Big Horn and provides fresh insight into the significance of that bloody day.
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Nun,ich habe inzwischen viele Bücher über und auch von "Indianern" gelesen, aber dieses schlägt sie alle. Auch wenn man sich als Deutscher durch die englische Originalversion kämpfen muss( was heißt in diesem Zusammenhang überhaupt kämpfen?!), es lohnt sich wirklich. Joseph Marshalls sprachliches Geschick hat mir einige Male ein Lächeln aufs Gesicht gezaubert. Auch seine vorgestellten Erklärungen, weshalb er sich und sein Volk, durchaus als "indians" bezeichnet, überzeugt mich sehr. Also, allen Interessierten an der Geschichte der Prärievölker, von der Zeit ab Little Bighorn bis in die heutigen Tage, sei gesagt,nur Mut!
Um was geht es aber? Nun, der Autor gibt dem Leser sehr kenntnissreich zu verstehen, welche Strukturen die Gesellschaft der Lakota und auch anderer Prärievölker besaß, wie sie die vielen Rückschläge und Niederlagen gemeistert haben, und bis heute überleben konnten. Er erzählt von Persönlichkeiten wie Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Gall und anderen Führern dieser Zeit und gibt dem Außenstehenden ein genaues Bild dessen, was es bedeutet(e) ein Indianer zu sein.Auch für Indianerfreunde geeignet, die eigentlich schon alles wissen!
Um was geht es aber? Nun, der Autor gibt dem Leser sehr kenntnissreich zu verstehen, welche Strukturen die Gesellschaft der Lakota und auch anderer Prärievölker besaß, wie sie die vielen Rückschläge und Niederlagen gemeistert haben, und bis heute überleben konnten. Er erzählt von Persönlichkeiten wie Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Gall und anderen Führern dieser Zeit und gibt dem Außenstehenden ein genaues Bild dessen, was es bedeutet(e) ein Indianer zu sein.Auch für Indianerfreunde geeignet, die eigentlich schon alles wissen!
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OK - An Applogetic of Sorts and Repetitious (Not what I expected)
24. Mai 2007
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I have treasured much of Joseph Marshall's past writing, and have the deepest respect for him and the Lakota culture. Therefore this review is a little difficult to write as I was somewhat disappointed in this book.
The book has several VERY STRONG components. Specifically Mr. Marshall's sharing of the real and specific experiences of the Native peoples from the ~1890s forward. This is painful reading requiring deep soul searching for EVERY PERSON on how collective greed (be it national, business or individual) destroys. Much of this I never knew ("Indian insane asylums," homesteading/logging/mining scams, terrible condescending treatment and discrimination which continues). The horrible pain inflicted on native children in the schooling/re-education is unforgivable (IMO). Mr. Marshall brings the personal pain and tragedy of these actions to a personal, real level without being exploitive - the people exude GENTLE STRENGTH.
On the other hand, some of the apologetic on Lakota culture not being "inferior" seemed repetitious, too broadly applied, and overdone. It also comes across as defensive & combative in tone. While much of what Mr. Marshall cites is true, I think his characterization that all historians (including modern ones) do not credit survival motivation, values and skills of Lakota warriors (particularly at LBH) is also overbroad. We have only to look at the examples of Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq to see that full might doesn't mean victory or a righteous cause on the part of the USA.
And a little more on the "repetitious" issue ... the overall structure of the book reads almost like a compilation of different essays rather than a coherent whole --- kind of like a conference proceedings of various individual papers. There are also several places where sections of paragraphs seemed spliced into the text - more than once. Its almost like many sections were written at different times - having similar trains of thought - and were just pasted together. I would fault the editor(s) for this.
One other thing that bothers me somewhat ... the use of "white" as an overbroad adjective describing awful behavior (i.e. "white attitude," "white culture," "to make them white"). Ethnocentricism can run both ways. Aggressive greed, conquest and exploitation are not limited "whites" alone -- though this is 100% the experience of America's native peoples. Chinese, Mongol, Islamic/Arab, Japanese, even the Maya and Iroquois Confederacy all practiced brutal expansionism in their histories. Even may of the plains tribes themselves desired firearms for advantage over their enemies - Marshall himself admits this with respect to the Ojibwa. No one in human kind has a monopoly on evil. Economic systems, governments, values, love of family, and religion are not racial characteristics ... they are the result of complex evolutionary society histories and interactions with other societies.
A good read, but it was weaker in certain areas/subjects than I expected. Please note that none of this changes my admiration of Joseph Marshall ... and his extremely valuable contributions to history and this type of dialogue. He is a master communicator with a treasure to share.
The book has several VERY STRONG components. Specifically Mr. Marshall's sharing of the real and specific experiences of the Native peoples from the ~1890s forward. This is painful reading requiring deep soul searching for EVERY PERSON on how collective greed (be it national, business or individual) destroys. Much of this I never knew ("Indian insane asylums," homesteading/logging/mining scams, terrible condescending treatment and discrimination which continues). The horrible pain inflicted on native children in the schooling/re-education is unforgivable (IMO). Mr. Marshall brings the personal pain and tragedy of these actions to a personal, real level without being exploitive - the people exude GENTLE STRENGTH.
On the other hand, some of the apologetic on Lakota culture not being "inferior" seemed repetitious, too broadly applied, and overdone. It also comes across as defensive & combative in tone. While much of what Mr. Marshall cites is true, I think his characterization that all historians (including modern ones) do not credit survival motivation, values and skills of Lakota warriors (particularly at LBH) is also overbroad. We have only to look at the examples of Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq to see that full might doesn't mean victory or a righteous cause on the part of the USA.
And a little more on the "repetitious" issue ... the overall structure of the book reads almost like a compilation of different essays rather than a coherent whole --- kind of like a conference proceedings of various individual papers. There are also several places where sections of paragraphs seemed spliced into the text - more than once. Its almost like many sections were written at different times - having similar trains of thought - and were just pasted together. I would fault the editor(s) for this.
One other thing that bothers me somewhat ... the use of "white" as an overbroad adjective describing awful behavior (i.e. "white attitude," "white culture," "to make them white"). Ethnocentricism can run both ways. Aggressive greed, conquest and exploitation are not limited "whites" alone -- though this is 100% the experience of America's native peoples. Chinese, Mongol, Islamic/Arab, Japanese, even the Maya and Iroquois Confederacy all practiced brutal expansionism in their histories. Even may of the plains tribes themselves desired firearms for advantage over their enemies - Marshall himself admits this with respect to the Ojibwa. No one in human kind has a monopoly on evil. Economic systems, governments, values, love of family, and religion are not racial characteristics ... they are the result of complex evolutionary society histories and interactions with other societies.
A good read, but it was weaker in certain areas/subjects than I expected. Please note that none of this changes my admiration of Joseph Marshall ... and his extremely valuable contributions to history and this type of dialogue. He is a master communicator with a treasure to share.
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A great work marred at the end by politics
19. August 2007
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Custer's Last Stand...The Little Big Horn...Greasy Grass; call it what you will, the battles that took place between June 25 and June 26, 1876 hold a place in our history. While less of an issue now, the defeat of the Seventh Cavalry was as big a deal in 1876 as September 11 was in 2001.
And...the response to both was the same: eliminate the enemy.
Neither the US response to that defeat, nor the Global War on terror has achieved its goal. The former action cam a whole lot closer, however.
It is Mr. Marshall's dealing with the aftermath of the battle that casues this book to be - in my opinion - flawed. But, before I get to that, let me sing the praises of the first two-thirds of this book.
The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn: A Lakota History is the 19th book I have read on this topic. They range from ficton to non-fiction; 'Little Big Man' through 'Song of the Morning Star' to 'The Custer Myth.' I've seen the goodly numbers of movies and television stories; all claiming to provide the ultimate truth with the application of scientific reason. Most of the written works have hundreds of pages each, along with diagrams, tables, etc. etc. etc. After reading them, you are still confornted with the question of whether to accept the conclusions or not.
Mr. Marshall - with just 12 pages of narrative and three very general maps - provides the answer with elegant simplicity. He relates the two portions of the battle (the Reno-Benteen affair and the so-called last stand) in what I can only call a story-teller style, which is perfectly suited to the incident. This means the broad flow of the action is the narrative with individuals - only the non-cavalry personnel - acting as supporting players.
And, the narrative flows with such certainty it has to be true.
So...what happened?
According to the author, the Indians wanted it more and were better trained to achieve it.
Having dealt with the battle up front, the remainder of the book first loops back in time to deliver a detailed understanding of the Lakota people in terms of their environment and the relation with it and other creatures. It then moves forward in time to describe the near-literal demise of the Lakota at the hands of the ultimately victorious US government (read whites).
Mr. Marshall does an excellent job presenting first, how the Lakota - along with other Indian nations - were defeated in battle, often using methods that are not necessarily allowed under the Hague or Geneva Conventions and should be considered war crimes. Part of this involved the killing of charismatic leaders - Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull - in a manner not unlike what the Communists did in Central and East Europe post-World War Two.
The author then goes on to relate the US attempts to carry out the cultural annnihilation of the Lakota and others by undertaking a systematic and deliberate re-education program that differs from Pol Pot's driving the middle-class Cambodians out of the cities only in the fact that the death rate was lower.
It is here - at what some could say was the most heinous set of actions - that the book comes off the tracks. Mr. Marshall catalogs the series of ongoing legislation carried out over the decades that served to implement the cultural eradication. The list probably wasn't as endless as it seemed in reading it, but, following the incredibly lyrical writing that preceds, it was a bit of a disappointing ending.
I hate saying that because I have the upmost respect for Mr. Marshall and his skill.
Buy the book and read it!
And...the response to both was the same: eliminate the enemy.
Neither the US response to that defeat, nor the Global War on terror has achieved its goal. The former action cam a whole lot closer, however.
It is Mr. Marshall's dealing with the aftermath of the battle that casues this book to be - in my opinion - flawed. But, before I get to that, let me sing the praises of the first two-thirds of this book.
The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn: A Lakota History is the 19th book I have read on this topic. They range from ficton to non-fiction; 'Little Big Man' through 'Song of the Morning Star' to 'The Custer Myth.' I've seen the goodly numbers of movies and television stories; all claiming to provide the ultimate truth with the application of scientific reason. Most of the written works have hundreds of pages each, along with diagrams, tables, etc. etc. etc. After reading them, you are still confornted with the question of whether to accept the conclusions or not.
Mr. Marshall - with just 12 pages of narrative and three very general maps - provides the answer with elegant simplicity. He relates the two portions of the battle (the Reno-Benteen affair and the so-called last stand) in what I can only call a story-teller style, which is perfectly suited to the incident. This means the broad flow of the action is the narrative with individuals - only the non-cavalry personnel - acting as supporting players.
And, the narrative flows with such certainty it has to be true.
So...what happened?
According to the author, the Indians wanted it more and were better trained to achieve it.
Having dealt with the battle up front, the remainder of the book first loops back in time to deliver a detailed understanding of the Lakota people in terms of their environment and the relation with it and other creatures. It then moves forward in time to describe the near-literal demise of the Lakota at the hands of the ultimately victorious US government (read whites).
Mr. Marshall does an excellent job presenting first, how the Lakota - along with other Indian nations - were defeated in battle, often using methods that are not necessarily allowed under the Hague or Geneva Conventions and should be considered war crimes. Part of this involved the killing of charismatic leaders - Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull - in a manner not unlike what the Communists did in Central and East Europe post-World War Two.
The author then goes on to relate the US attempts to carry out the cultural annnihilation of the Lakota and others by undertaking a systematic and deliberate re-education program that differs from Pol Pot's driving the middle-class Cambodians out of the cities only in the fact that the death rate was lower.
It is here - at what some could say was the most heinous set of actions - that the book comes off the tracks. Mr. Marshall catalogs the series of ongoing legislation carried out over the decades that served to implement the cultural eradication. The list probably wasn't as endless as it seemed in reading it, but, following the incredibly lyrical writing that preceds, it was a bit of a disappointing ending.
I hate saying that because I have the upmost respect for Mr. Marshall and his skill.
Buy the book and read it!
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Little Big Horn Revisited
22. Juli 2007
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I would have to completely agree with Mr. Freborg's review, both positive and negative. I found the discussion of weaponry at the battle to be fascinating, and the analysis of the role of men and women before and during the battle to also be exceptional. However, I do agree that Mr. Marshall at times seemed very defensive (understandably, but still...) and the book was very repetitive in parts. It was hard to get a sense of historical progression as I was reading. In other words, A came before B which came before C. The books skips around constantly, discussing issues before, during, and after the incident at Greasy Grass. Overall, though, the content is very good and, despite studying Native American culture for a few years now, I still learned some new things. Definitely worth the price.
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