Review
A well-told account of a little-known band of Lakota Sioux that resisted return to U.S. reservations. They chose the freedom of the Canadian prairies and some continued to live by hunting and gathering well into the 20th century. --Robert M. Utley, Historian
A well-told account of a little-known band of Lakota Sioux that resisted return to U.S. reservations. They chose the freedom of the Canadian prairies and some continued to live by hunting and gathering well into the 20th century. --Robert M. Utley, Historian<br /><br />I would like everyone to know that this book has won an IPPY (Independent Publisher) Bronze Medal Award for 2008. --Ron Papandrea<br /><br />They Never Surrendered chronicles the long-missing history of the Lakota who stayed in Canada after Sitting Bull yielded in 1881. Herein, Ron Papandrea presents new data about these people that is compelling and comprehensive. This book is an important contribution to our knowledge of the Sioux and the aftermath of the Great Sioux War. --Jerome A. Greene, Historian
They Never Surrendered chronicles the long-missing history of the Lakota who stayed in Canada after Sitting Bull yielded in 1881. Herein, Ron Papandrea presents new data about these people that is compelling and comprehensive. This book is an important contribution to our knowledge of the Sioux and the aftermath of the Great Sioux War. --Jerome A. Greene, Historian
Product Description
Painstakingly researched with an eye for detail, They Never Surrendered: The Lakota Sioux Band That Stayed in Canada by Ron Papandrea covers a topic long neglected in the United States and Canada. After the defeat of General Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in the Great Sioux War of 1876, Sitting Bull and thousands of Lakota Sioux escaped the American army by going to Canada. Crazy Horse was killed while in American custody and many of his followers also went to Canada. The disappearance of the buffalo on the Canadian plains forced most of the Lakota Sioux in Canada to return to the United States within five years; they surrendered and settled on American reservations. More than 250 brave souls remained in Canada and never surrendered. This is their story.
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