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Settlers tell stories: John R. Legg, ‘White Lies, Native Revisions: The Legacy of Violence in the American West’, Great Plains Quarterly, 39, 4, 2019, pp. 331-340

22Nov19

Abstract: This essay examines particular episodes of violence between Native peoples and white settlers in the American West and the competing narratives created by the two groups. The contested memory of the US-Dakota War, the Sand Creek Massacre, the Modoc War, the Northern Cheyenne Exodus, the Wounded Knee Massacre, and the legacy at Fort Smith, Arkansas, all provide a lens through which to view the formation of white victimhood and the idea of American innocence. Key works about the historical memory of these episodes of violence are explored for the issues surrounding the politics of memory and how Native peoples face the contestation head-on.


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