January Moon - The Northern Cheyenne Breakout from Fort Robinson 1878-1879

In gripping detail, Greene follows the survivors' dreadful experiences into their aftermath, including creation of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Carrying the story to the present day, he describes Cheyenne tribal events commemorating the breakout--all designed to ensure that the injustices of nineteenth-century U.S. government policy will never be forgotten.

About the author

Jerome A. Greene is retired as Research Historian for the National Park Service. He is the author of numerous books, including Stricken Field: The Little Bighorn since 1876, Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877: The Military View; Lakota and Cheyenne: Indian Views of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877; and Morning Star Dawn: The Powder River Expedition and the Northern Cheyennes, 1876, all published by the University of Oklahoma Press.

Summary

Historian Jerome A. Greene is renowned for his memorable chronicles of egregious events involving American Indians and the US military. In this volume he explores a signal - and appallingly brutal - event in American history: the desperate flight of Chief Dull Knife's Northern Cheyenne Indians from imprisonment at Fort Robinson, Nebraska.

Product details

• Authors: Jerome A. Greene
• Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780806164786
• ISBN: 978-0-8061-6478-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Militärgeschichte, HISTORY / Native American, History - U.S., HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century