Lakota Noon: The Indian Narrative of Custer's Defeat
by Gregory F. Michno
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Author: Gregory F. MichnoEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-08
ISBN: 0878423494
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Book Review: The definitive analysis of American Indians' battle account
Summary: 5 Stars
Gregory Michno takes previous Custer scholars to task for having too long ignored the battlefield accounts of the participants who lived to tell - and who DID tell us - what happened! Yet Michno is careful not to accept any participants' accounts or claims blindly. He organizes their stories into a time/space format that breaks the battle events down into easily understood parts, each critically analyzed within those constraints and for verifiability of truthfulness, logic, and reliability. He is no less afraid to challenge certain Indian accounts than he is to scold fellow historians' prior "mendacity" in repeating myth or misinterpretation, creating "fact" out of whole cloth, letting their ethnological bias show, or for just plain wrong-headed analysis.
If you are not only interested in the where/what/when of Custer's movements, but also the actions of individual Indian participants such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Rain in the Face, Gall and more, Michno tells you. He reminds one of military historian John Keegan, in that Michno exhibits keen interest in not only "the generals" but also the "regular Joes": What they saw, where they ran, and who they spoke to form the core of the narrative.
And precisely because of that, Michno reveals that many of the things you thought you knew about the battle (and the people who fought it) are wrong - an assertion which Michno and his subjects do a commendable job "proving". Be it the size of the Indian village, the number of warriors involved, Custer's motives and tactics, the so-called "last stand", or the tragic aftermath, Michno has something to say. If you've read a dozen books on the subject, Michno's is the capstone; if this is the only book you'll read on the battle, Michno saves you both time and misdirection. Hoka hey!
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