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The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories from the NebraskaPine Ridge Border Towns (Plains Histories)
Stew Magnuson
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Description for The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories from the NebraskaPine Ridge Border Towns (Plains Histories)
Hardcover. Examining Raymond Yellow Thunders death at the hands of four white men in 1972, this title looks deep into the past that gave rise to the tragedy. It recounts the largely forgotten struggles of American Indian Movement activist Bob Yellow Bird and tells the story of Whiteclay, Nebraska, and the controversial border hamlet. Series: Plains Histories Series. Num Pages: 361 pages, 15 B/W photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
The long-intertwined communities of the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation and the bordering towns in Sheridan County, Nebraska, mark their histories in sensational incidents and quiet human connections, many recorded in detail here for the first time. After covering racial unrest in the remote northwest corner of his home state of Nebraska in 1999, journalist Stew Magnuson returned four years later to consider the larger questions of its people, their paths, and the forces that separate them. Examining Raymond Yellow Thunders death at the hands of four white men in 1972, Magnuson looks deep into the past that gave rise ... Read more
The long-intertwined communities of the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation and the bordering towns in Sheridan County, Nebraska, mark their histories in sensational incidents and quiet human connections, many recorded in detail here for the first time. After covering racial unrest in the remote northwest corner of his home state of Nebraska in 1999, journalist Stew Magnuson returned four years later to consider the larger questions of its people, their paths, and the forces that separate them. Examining Raymond Yellow Thunders death at the hands of four white men in 1972, Magnuson looks deep into the past that gave rise ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Condition
New
Series
Plains Histories Series
Number of Pages
361
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896726345
SKU
V9780896726345
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Reviews for The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories from the NebraskaPine Ridge Border Towns (Plains Histories)
The Death of Raymond Yellowthunder and Other True Stories From the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns is a top pick not just for Texas collections, but for any library strong in regional American history in general and border town politics and stories in particular.