02211cam a2200373 4500 2357472294 TxAuBib 20120228120000.0 110224s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011007486 9780806142166 hardcover : alk. paper 0806142162 hardcover : alk. paper (OCoLC)704121113 DLC eng DLC YDX YDXCP DNN BWX CDX VP@ OKN VOC BDX TxAuBib Hedren, Paul L. After Custer [BOOK] : loss and transformation in Sioux country / Paul L. Hedren. Loss and transformation in Sioux country. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2011. xviii, 254 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. A good year to die? -- Sheridan and Sherman explore Sioux country -- New forts and a new mission -- The Army and the Northern Pacific Railroad -- "The buffaloes are gone?" -- The beef bonanza -- Cycles of despair and death -- Sacred ground. Hedren is the first scholar to examine the events of 1876-77 and their aftermath as a whole, taking into account relationships among military leaders, the building of forts, and the army's efforts to memorialize the war and its victims. Woven into his narrative are the voices of those who witnessed such events as the burial of Custer, the laying of railroad track, or the sudden surround of a buffalo herd. Their personal testimonies lend both vibrancy and pathos to this story of irreversible change in Sioux Country. 20120228. United States Army Cavalry History 19th century. United States Army Infantry History 19th century. Dakota Indians History 19th century. Dakota Indians Wars, 1876 Influence. Dakota Indians Government relations. Cheyenne Indians History 19th century. Cheyenne Indians Wars, 1876 Influence. Cheyenne Indians Government relations. Great Plains Historical geography. Nebraska author.