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Title: Red Cloud's Folk: A History of the Oglala Sioux Indians (Civilization of the American Indian (Paperback)) by George E. Hyde ISBN: 0-8061-1520-3 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A detailed and valuable history of the Oglala Lakota.
Comment: As the title states, this is not a biography of Red Cloud. It is, instead, the history of his people-the Oglala-as far back as the middle of the 17th century. However, while Hyde's speculation on the early history is probably the most valuable part, the various migrations and splits of the Sioux are a little hard to follow and make for slow going. It is not until he reaches more familiar territory, from about the Grattan Fight on, that the pace picks up.
This work, originally written in the 1930's and updated in the late 50's appears to be very well researched. However it has it's flaws. Hyde has difficulty overcoming a certain cultural bias, and he has a habit of picking and choosing the information that most supports his point of view. For example, time and again, he laments the poor memory of Indians when it comes to relating their own history, and belittles them for mythologizing certain events at the expense of accuracy. However he insists that it was the Crazy Horse village which J.J. Reynolds attacked and destroyed on the Powder in 1876, and not a Cheyenne village as the Indians of the time asserted, and as is now widely accepted by historians. And in this case he bases his theory on the accounts of certain Indians who said that they saw Crazy Horse fleeing up the bluffs with a small child on his back. The notion of course is rediculous. Crazy Horse's own daughter had died by then, and the idea that the great war chief could come up with nothing better to do during an attack than pick up stray children makes no sense.
Hyde also asserts without doubt, that Crazy Horse, in his last days was planning to break out of the Red Cloud agency with his band, and was not simply escaping to Spotted Tail for sanctuary from his enemies. While this may be true, he has absolutely no evidence to base it on. Having said this, Hyde's habit of pronouncing opposing views as "blatantly absurd" is somewhat refreshing, and keeps the narrative more interesting.
Anyone who studies the Plains Indians must add this to their library, however, they should keep in mind, that it represents only one point of view.
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Title: Red Cloud: Warrior-Statesman of the Lakota Sioux (Oklahoma Western Biographies, 13) by Robert W. Larson ISBN: 0806131896 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.58 |
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Title: Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas (50th Anniversary Edition) by Mari Sandoz ISBN: 0803292112 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Autobiography of Red Cloud: War Leader of the Oglalas by R. Eli Paul ISBN: 0917298500 Publisher: Montana Historical Society Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Life of George Bent: Written from His Letters by George Hyde ISBN: 0806115777 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1983 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Fighting Cheyennes (Civilization of the American Indian (Paperback)) by George Bird Grinnell ISBN: 0806118393 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1983 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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