Defining Moments:
American Indian Removal and the Trail to Wounded Knee

Description

Defining Moments: American Indian Removal and the Trail to Wounded Knee provides readers with a detailed overview of the 1890 massacre of more than 250 Native American men, women, and children by the United States Cavalry at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. The authors analyze the conditions that led to this horrific event and its effect on the country’s political, cultural, and social landscape—then and now. The research presented here is arranged in three distinct sections: narrative overview; biographies (which includes background on principal figures involved in the massacre); and primary sources. This unique and comprehensive volume also includes a glossary of important people, places, and terms, as well as a chronology of events, a subject index, and an annotated list of sources for further study.

About the Authors

Kevin Hillstrom is an independent scholar and author who has written extensively about American history, politics, and environmental issues. He is the author, most recently, of U.S. Environmental Politics and Policy: A Documentary History. Laurie Collier Hillstrom is a freelance writer and editor. She is the author of more than twenty books in the fields of history and biography, including Television in American Society and People in the News: Al Gore.

Product Details

Paperback
7 ¼ x 9 ¼; 240 pages, illustrated
Series: Defining Moments
ISBN: 978-0-7808-1231-4
April 2011: $19.95

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