Sitting Bull and the Paradox of Lakota Nationhood

A Hunkpapa Lakota chief named Sitting Bull and the history of the Lakota nationhood was the chosen subject of Gary C. Anderson to write a biography on. Although most of the history about Sitting Bull took place back in the eighteen hundreds, Anderson did not come out with his book tell around 1995. Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers published the book in 1996. The book follows the history of Sitting Bull and the native Indians fight with the "white …

…and the land they talk about is now all called something different so it is hard to picture the setting of the stories. I did learn a great deal from Anderson but I do not think I would have picked up this book and read this with out be assigned to read it. But I do agree that it is a good history book that should be read in high school and college history classes.