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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DAVID HUGH BUNNELL was a writer, photographer, editor, and publisher best known as the founder of magazines, Web sites, and trade shows. He has authored hundreds of articles and several books. He was a longtime active member and former director of the Northern California ACLU and founder of the nonprofit Andrew Fluegelman Foundation. David passed away in October 2016. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
DEDICATION
MAP
The Badlands and Sandhills
EPIGRAPH
OVERTURE
Sandhills Sandwich Town
ACT ONE
ALLIANCE
No Dogs or Indians Allowed
HAY SPRINGS
Why Crow Dog Was Set Free
RUSHVILLE
Wakan Tanka Speaks to Sitting Bull
WHITECLAY
Twelve Thousand Cans of Beer on the Wall
PINE RIDGE
Lakota Taco Truck
ACT TWO
CRAZY HORSE SIGN
No Poetry for Tasunka Witko
WOUNDED KNEE
The Baby Was Still Alive
BIG FOOT TRAIL
Chief Big Foot Surrenders
KYLE
Garden Left Unattended
ACT THREE
WHITE THUNDER RANCH
Keeper of the Sacred Arrows
BOMBING RANGE
War Bonnet of Thorns
YELLOW BEAR CANYON
Before the White Man
RETURN OF THE BUFFALO
Dancing with Jane Fonda
HORSE PASTURE
A Five-Thousand-Acre Indian
ACT FOUR
GORDON
Some White Boys Roughed Him Up
AMONG THE DOG EATERS
Racists Convicting Racists
FINALE
DEATH OF A CHIEF
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT
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* My friend from Kyle Adrian C. Louis teaches at the Oglala Lakota College. He is recipient of several book and poetry awards and an enrolled member of the Paiute Indian tribe.
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