I think it's pretty widely accepted nowadays that men like Crazy Horse were understandably ambivalent to the agencies and reservations. Given all the materials written from the side of the white combatants this book is also important because it spells out the void that exist(s) between them and the Sioux. It's really ironic that they have carved up a mountain to make a tourist attraction dedicated to Crazy Horse as it's exactly the kind of thing he would have fought violently to prevent. It's not very kind to Red Cloud or Indians who had accepted the treaties (called fort loafers) but this might reflect the opinion of those still bitter at the outright theft of the Black Hills. Thus it is not short of opinion some of which is not objective nevertheless this author was able to interview and collect materials from people much closer to events such the Little Big Horn battle (Custer) than anyone living today. I'd recommend reading the into which spells out some of the books strengths and deficiencies but essentially it is as though a verbal history had been turned to print. This is actually a significant book in a number of ways because on some topics it is the closest thing we have to original source material on the Sioux viewpoint of the wars.
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