The Edward Clown family; nearest living relatives to the Lakota war leader; presents the family tales and memories told to them about their famous grandfather. In many ways the oral history differs from what has become the standard and widely accepted biography of Crazy Horse. The family clarifies the inaccuracies and shares their story about the past; including what it means to them to be Lakota; the family genealogy; the life of Crazy Horse and his motivations; his death; and why they chose to keep quiet with their knowledge for so long before finally deciding to tell the truth as they know it. This book is a compelling addition to the body of works about Crazy Horse and the complicated and often conflicting events of that time period in American History. Floyd Clown; Doug War Eagle; and Don Red Thunder are the sole administrators and spokesmen of the Crazy Horse estate and often speak at historical gatherings and national parks about their family’s history. William Matson has produced and directed an award-winning video; Sitting Bull’s Voice; as well as the two-part video series; The Authorized Biography of Sitting Bull by His Great-Grandson; and the four-part video series; The Authorized Biography of Crazy Horse and His Family. He regularly speaks about these videos and their content at film festivals and has been working with the Crazy Horse family since 2001 to tell their story.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An easy read and smooth writing styleBy Sharon O'BrienVery informative and interesting. An easy read and smooth writing style. I enjoyed reading it.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A brief and fascinating look at the Ellis Island immigration acceptance (and rejection) process. Excellent writing.By lyndonbrechtI read this because I liked other books in this series. This is the best in the series; so far. It's a short book; but chock full of information. I've read maybe a dozen books on this topic and this is the best. The longest and most informative chapter is Chapter 2; on how the immigrants were processed. Other chapters are good: Chapter 1 examines how and why people immigrated; Chapter 3 on hos immigrants dealt with delays and detainment; as well as rejection. Chapter 4 is also extremely informative; on how the Ellis Island staff viewed and conducted their work. The last chapter; 5; looks at how immigrants changed the system.On balance; the book shows Ellis Island to have been an efficient and fairly humane process. There were nonetheless a number of problems. The medical examinations could be intimidating. There was considerable corruption in contracted services (meals; etc.). There was occasional exploitation and fraud. There was some humanity too. The book includes some consideration of Angel Island (in SF); and describes it as having a harsher treatment of immigrants; with entrenched racism against Chinese immigrants.I found some of the information fascinating. By 1911 the place had translators available for 37 languages--that aspect of multiculturalism goes back a century; then. Despite mainstream racism; from 1899-1937 about 143;000 mostly Caribbean black folks were admitted. There's a widespread myth that immigration officials at Ellis changed people's names because they couldn't pronounce them--Bayor says this is false; that if there were changes they were made at the time of registering at the European boarding point. Most immigrants were processed and through in maybe five hours; with a portion detained for further questioning. A small portion were not allowed entry; for reasons (reasons varied over the years)such as "feeble mindedness;" illiteracy (literacy could be in any language; not just English); likelihood of becoming a public charge (that is; going on welfare) or for being associated with anarchist or subversive activity.There is one error--I know because I cited this book in a blog post; and got called on it. Senator Pat McCarran is identified as (R/NV) when he was in fact a Democrat. This politician was involved with some immigration legislation that used Ellis Island as a detention facility into the 1950s. I don't know of any other errors. The photos are fascinating.2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. good readBy Customerreally enjoyed this book...narrations of previous immigrants add a richness to the story..
