Six Weeks in Sioux Tepees: A Narrative of Indian Captivity - Softcover

Wakefield, Sarah F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806134313 ISBN 13: 9780806134314

Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002

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The Dakota War (1862) was a searing event in Minnesota history as well as a signal event in the lives of Dakota people. Sarah F. Wakefield was caught up in this revolt. A young doctor's wife and the mother of two small children, Wakefield published her unusual account of the war and her captivity shortly after the hanging of thirty-eight Dakotas accused of participation in the "Sioux uprising." Among those hanged were Chaska (We-Chank-Wash-ta-don-pee), a Mdewakanton Dakota who had protected her and her children during the upheaval. In a distinctive and compelling voice, Wakefield blames the government for the war and then relates her and her family's ordeal, as well as Chaska's and his family's help and ultimate sacrifice. This is the first fully annotated modern edition of Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees. June Namias's extensive introduction and notes describe the historical and ethnographic background of Dakota-white relations in Minnesota and place Wakefield's narrative in the context of other captivity narratives.

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June Namias was associate professor of history at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Her publications include White Captives: Gender and Ethnicity on the AmericanFrontier, 1607-1862, and a new edition of Sarah F. Wakefield's Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees: A Narrative of Indian Captivity.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0806134313
• ISBN 13: 9780806134314
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 186
• Herausgeber: Namias June
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