Book
Crazy Horse : the Lakota warrior's life & legacy : the Edward Clown family
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, [2016]
Physical Description
254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
In Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior's Life & Legacy, the Edward Clown family, descendants of the Lakota war leader, presents the family tales and memories told to them about their famous grandfather. In many ways, the Clown family's oral history differs from what has become the standard and widely accepted biography of Crazy Horse. The family clarifies the inaccuracies and shares their story about the past, including what it means to them to be Lakota, the family genealogy, the life of Crazy Horse and his motivations, his death, and why they chose to keep quiet with their knowledge for so long before finally deciding to tell the truth as they know it.
Contents
- We will remain Lakota
- Walks with sacred buffalo
- Black Buffalo
- Passing the sacred bundle
- A new life
- The coming of the Americans
- War begins in earnest
- The hemblecha
- The name is passed
- Fighting for our hunting grounds
- A family man
- Peace and family episodes
- Painful losses
- Prelude to a showdown
- Summer solstice
- The Red Flower Fight
- The Greasy Grass
- The end of the good life
- The Agency
- His final days
- Joining those on the other side
- Silence and misdirection
- Wounded Knee
- Keeping quiet
- The family sacred bundle
- A new Crazy Horse
- Learning the Red Road
- Standing up to tell the truth
- Appendix.