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by Herman J. Viola; Jan Shelton Danis


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I am an old man, and soon my spirit must leave this earth to join the spirit of my fathers. Therefore, I shall speak only the truth in telling what I know of the fight on the Little Bighorn River where General Custer was killed. Curly, who was with us, will tell you that I do not lie. So spoke White Man Runs Him, a Crow Indian who with five other Crow warriors had served as a scout for Custer's Seventh Cavalry on June 25, 1876, the day of the battle known to generations of white Americans as Custer's Last Stand. They survived the battle, but Custer and more than 250 troopers did not. Thus their accounts and those of the Lakotas and Cheyennes who triumphed at Little Bighorn (or Greasy Grass, as it was known to the Lakotas) offer the only firsthand picture of what happened that fateful day. These stories--from leaders as renowned as Black Elk and Sitting Bull, warriors such as Wooden Leg, a Cheyenne woman, and Arikara and Crow scouts--at last bring one of the most unforgettable showdowns in American history to vivid, complex, multifaceted life.

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  • Title It is a Good Day to Die: Indian Eyewitnesses Tell the Story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
  • Author Herman J. Viola; Jan Shelton Danis
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 101
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bison Books
  • Date 2001-09-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780803296268 / 0803296266
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.18 x 5.98 x 0.28 in (23.32 x 15.19 x 0.71 cm)
  • Ages 11 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 6 - 12
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Religious Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, Dakota Indians - Wars, 1876
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001034669
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.82

About the author

Herman J. Viola was director of the National Anthropological Archives. His many books include Little Bighorn Remembered: The Untold Indian Story of Custer's Last Stand.
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