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American History Book Review: Custer

by Johnny D. Boggs6/12/2017

Custer By Larry McMurtry, Simon & Schuster Larry McMurtry, who won the Pulitzer Prize […]

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American History Book Review: 38 Nooses

by Johnny D. Boggs6/7/20176/7/2017

38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier’s End By Scott […]

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Book Review: Custer’s Lost Scout

by HistoryNet Staff5/25/2017

John Koster introduces readers to Lakota scout Left Hand, who fought for and against George Armstrong Custer

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Did This Lakota Warrior Kill the Custers? Rain-in-the-Face Had a Score to Settle.

by John Koster4/22/20173/27/2024

Rain was treated poorly by Tom Custer after his capture for murder. He may have exacted revenge.

Jumping Bear had been baptized John Grass at age 3.
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This Woman Was an Captive Lakota Bride — Until This Sioux Warrior and Diplomat Saved Her

by John Koster4/22/20178/31/2022

Also known as Jumping Bear, Grass played a unique role as a go-between for settlers and American Indians.

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Shooting Arrows and Slinging Mud: Custer, the Press, and the Little Bighorn by James […]

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by Johnny D. Boggs3/23/20173/23/2017

Peter Cozzens reassesses the narrative of the Indian wars in his new book “The Earth Is Weeping”

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Letter From Wild West: June 2017

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The foreshortened romance of George and Libbie Custer was one for the ages.

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Hero of ’64 and ’74: Frank D. Baldwin

by David T. Zabecki3/13/20175/15/2017

Frank D. Baldwin U.S. Army Medals of Honor Civil War & Indian wars Frank […]

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The Lively Days of ’76 Museum Celebrates Deadwood’s History

by Linda Wommack3/6/20175/17/2017

Historic trails and horse-drawn vehicles take center stage. At the heart of South Dakota’s […]

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