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Author Dodge, Robert, 1945-

Title Which chosen people? : manifest destiny meets the Sioux as seen by Frank Fiske, frontier photographer / Robert V. Dodge.

Publication Info. New York : Algora Publishing, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 197 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The new chosen people and the obsession -- What led to Sitting Bull's hostility -- The Sioux challenge to white empire -- Sitting Bull as leader of the Sioux Nation -- The Indians' final victory -- Rounding up the Sioux after Little Big Horn -- The 1880s, closing gates and "civilizing" Indians -- Showdown between the chosen -- Sitting Bull's murder and Frank's reaction -- The American empire complete at Wounded Knee -- Life goes on at standing rock -- Frank growing up, discovering interests new and old -- American exceptionalism moves overseas -- Frank begins his career and revives his past -- Riverboat travel, viewing the past and reflecting -- Life as an adult at Standing Rock -- Epilogue.
Summary The belief in American exceptionalism reached its apex during the 1800s and was expressed as a God-given passport called ""Manifest Destiny"". Among its victims were Native Americans. The Sioux resisted, eventually claiming that Indians, not the whites, were the chosen people. The destruction of Indian culture paved the way for the U.S. empire building. Frank Fiske observed this confrontation firsthand in North Dakota, where Sitting Bull was held, then killed, and Fiske's photographs enliven his account.
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Subject Sitting Bull, 1831-1890.
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890.
Fiske, Frank Bennett, 1883-1952.
Fiske, Frank Bennett, 1883-1952.
Dakota Indians -- History -- 19th century.
Dakota Indians.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1890-1891.
Dakota Indians Wars (1890-1891)
Indians, Treatment of -- Great Plains -- History.
Indians, Treatment of.
Great Plains.
Dakota Indians -- Government relations.
Dakota Indians -- Government relations.
Dakota Indians -- Relocation.
Dakota Indians -- Relocation.
Photographers -- North Dakota -- Biography.
Photographers.
North Dakota.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Dodge, Robert V. Which Chosen People? Manifest Destiny Meets the Sioux : As Seen by Frank Fiske, Frontier Photographer. New York : Algora Publishing, ©2013 9781628940275
ISBN 9781628940299 (electronic book)
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9781628940275 (soft cover ; alkaline paper)
9781628940282 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)