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Custer Died for Your Sins destroys the white man's myth about Indian culture

This contribution to the field of fine arts broadens the scope of discussions and offers insights that are often excluded from contemporary appraisals

From his first job as physician at Pine Ridge Agency

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Lincoln and the Indians: Civil War Policy and Politics ecology or finding the universe in"Lincoln and the Indians has stood the test of time and offers this generation of readers a valuable interpretation of the U. S. government's Indian policiesand sometimes the lack thereofduring the Civil War era. Providing a critical perspective on Lincoln's role, Nichols sets forth an especially incisive analysis of the trial of participants in the Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota and Lincoln's role in sparing the lives of most of those who were