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It's Mari Sandoz. What can I say. The sad tale of the genocide or the Sioux and Cheyenne. But it's our history like it or not. The Germans have to deal with the Holocaust. We have to deal with ours.

Sandoz's 'Crazy Horse,' imho, is the best book ever done on Crazy Horse.


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Cheyenne Autumn Mari Sandoz 8601404534720 Books Reviews

Mari Sandoz has written an excellent history of what the Cheyenne lived and died . They were starved and tortured by white soldiers including famous leaders and its a must read book if anyone is the least bit interested in the American Indians and how they suffered and were done wrong by our Gov't.They never bothered or annoyed anyone, our white soldiers just didn't like the color of their skin and in their own mind they were no good so we just wipe them and their families out just because of their skin color.
So much has been written about the Lakota and the many compelling leaders of this tribe Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, Gall, etc. Noteworthy here is the extensive work of Joseph Marshall III, both his nonfiction and fiction. However, so little has been written about their allies, the Northern Cheyenne and the compelling leaders of that tribe Dull Knife, Little Wolf, etc. Cheyenne Autumn is a fictionalized version of the flight of the Northern Cheyenne fleeing Indian Territory in the South to their home in Yellowstone Country. What prevents me from giving this book a 5 star rating is the writing and narrative style of Mari Sandoz. At times choppy and lacking in fluidity, at times repetitive, at times seeming to lose the thread of the story, it required some measure of perseverance to complete this book. Until another author takes on this epic tale, this is what we have.
Well-written account of the Northern Cheyenne's flight from the reservation back North to their home. Characters such as Little Wolf and Dull Knife for example are well described as well as the Cheyenne way of life.The tone of the narration reminds of Native American story telling which is befitting this historic account.
This is the second time that I've read Cheyenne Autumn.First time was back in the 70's following my reading of Dee Brown's Bury My Heart
at Wounded Knee.The story of the expulsion of the Northern Cheyenne to Oklahoma & their subsequent efforts to return to their homeland in Montana is surely nothing short of heroic.Certainly the Cheyenne engaged in warfare against farmers etc but in their eyes it was a rite of passage to return to the land that they had called home.The internment in Fort Robinson with little food \supplies & the subsequent escape
and battle certainly brings out many emotions.
I am visiting the U.S. soon and during our trip I intend to visit Fort Robinson& the Mari Sandoz Cultural Centre in Chadron NE. Before we head west ,part of our time will be spent in New York where a visit to the Museum of Natural History is planned .One of the many Native American exhibits there is the Ledger Book of Little Finger Nail ,Cheyenne Warrior & artist.Little Finger Nail had the ledger on him when he was killed in the ""Battle of the Pit"", some after the Cheyenne escaped from Fort Robinson.It was Little Finger Nail who spoke at a meeting of the Cheyenne while they were still at the reservation in Oklahoma with these brilliant words.""If we die here & go to the burial rocks, no one will speak our names. So now we go north, and if we die in battle along the way, our names will be remembered by all the people. They will tell the story and say , this is the place. How true.
Cheyenne Autumn was published half a century ago, yet it is as apt to the Native American Story today as it was when published and as apt to the19th century when the horrors actually occurred. It is the story of a People's will to survive, to live where they belong, and to abide in their ancient culture. The Cheyenne Nation's catastrophic clash with the arrogance of the European inspired attitude that "everything I see I own" and the New Americans' utter contempt for those who had inhabited this land for millennia is heart rending. Cheyenne Autumn is the heroic true story of Dull Knife's leadership; the heroism of others like him, and the treachery and evil that men visit upon different cultures in the name of orders from distant governments. Murder of innocent men, women, children, and babies happens when otherwise good people become mindless killers in the maelstrom of carrying out orders, fear of the unknown, rage, self contempt, guilt and devolution of good order into savage murdering gang mentality.
It's Mari Sandoz. What can I say. The sad tale of the genocide or the Sioux and Cheyenne. But it's our history like it or not. The Germans have to deal with the Holocaust. We have to deal with ours.

Sandoz's 'Crazy Horse,' imho, is the best book ever done on Crazy Horse.