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Description: The last battle of the American Indian Wars did not end at a place called Wounded Knee. From Window Rock to Lodge Grass and the Anza Valley, new Indian wars are being fought by a legion of Ivy League-trained lawyers called Coyote Warriors — among them a Mandan attorney named Raymond Cross. Author Paul VanDevelder's epic book coyote warrior explores it all.
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Savages & Scoundrels: The Untold Story of America’s Road to Empire through Indian Territory by Paul VanDevelder
Yale University Press, May 2009
"Here is a profound dismantling of the whole mythical edifice surrounding the westward expansion that shaped the republic. This is a shocking and passionate book that is anchored in impeccable scholarship. Savages and Scoundrels is a Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee for the 21st century." — John Eklund
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