{"product_id":"the-last-sovereigns-sitting-bull-and-the-resistance-of-the-free-lakotas-hardcover","title":"The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free Lakotas - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert M. Utley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2021 Spur Award Winner for Best Historical Nonfiction from the Western Writers of America \u003cbr\u003e True West Magazine's 2020 Best Author and Historical Nonfiction Book of the Year \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Sovereigns\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how Sioux chief Sitting Bull resisted the white man's ways as a last best hope for the survival of an indigenous way of life on the Great Plains--a nomadic life based on buffalo and indigenous plants scattered across the Sioux's historical territories that were sacred to him and his people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Robert M. Utley explores the final four years of Sitting Bull's life of freedom, from 1877 to 1881. To escape American vengeance for his assumed role in the annihilation of Gen. George Armstrong Custer's command at the Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull led his Hunkpapa following into Canada. There he and his people interacted with the North-West Mounted Police, in particular Maj. James M. Walsh. The Mounties welcomed the Lakota and permitted them to remain if they promised to abide by the laws and rules of Queen Victoria, the White Mother. But the Canadian government wanted the Indians to return to their homeland and the police made every effort to persuade them to leave. They were aided by the diminishing herds of buffalo on which the Indians relied for sustenance and by the aggressions of Canadian Native groups that also relied on the buffalo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sitting Bull and his people endured hostility, tragedy, heartache, indecision, uncertainty, and starvation and responded with stubborn resistance to the loss of their freedom and way of life. In the end, starvation doomed their sovereignty. This is their story.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert M. Utley\u003c\/b\u003e is a preeminent historian of the West and the author of numerous award-winning books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of the Sioux Nation\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFrontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848-1865\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 1981); \u003ci\u003eCuster and the Great Controversy: The Origin and Development of a Legend\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 1998); and \u003ci\u003eBilly the Kid: A Short and Violent Life\u003c\/i\u003e (Bison Books, 1991). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.19 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49176013930648,"sku":"9781496220226","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/YWVLbk9XWHU4Z0xTUktFL0p6K0EyUT09.webp?v=1780005178","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-sovereigns-sitting-bull-and-the-resistance-of-the-free-lakotas-hardcover","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}