A Whirlwind Passes: Newspaper Correspondents and the Sioux Indian Disturbances of 1890-1891 Review
Newspapers played a key role in disseminating information and, unfortunately, misinformation about the Ghost Dance among the Lakotas. They also contributed to tension betweenthe United States and the Lakotas thatresulted in the grisly massacre at WoundedKnee. George R. Kolbenschlag's A Whirlwind Passes: News Correspondents and the Sioux IndianDisturbances of 1890-1891 sheds light onthe men and women responsible for reporting on the Ghost Dance and the Wounded Knee Massacre and lends understanding to the nature of the reporters' activities. Read more...
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