Trail To Wounded Knee: The Last Stand of the Plains Indians, 1860-1890 by Herman J. Viola

This book captures the essence of the demise of the Great Plains Indians throughout the last 30 years of the 20th century. Faced with an all out military, political, and economic attack on their culture, the Plains Indians seek spiritual strength to guide them, but to no avail. Representative examples from Sand Creek, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and others illustrate the injustices Native Americans faced at the hands of the white settlers, and which ultimately led to the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890.

Leatherby Libraries Call Number: E78.G73 V56 2003
2nd Floor Humanities Library
Review submitted by: Kevin Ross, Associate Dean, Leatherby Libraries
Rating: Highly Recommended