Wounded Knee, 1973: A Personal Account - Stanley David Lyman - Hardcover

Stanley Lyman, who was the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) superintendent at the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1973, gives an inside view of what happened when the American Indian Movement (AIM) activists occupied the village of Wounded Knee. Close to the action, he recorded it with unusual candor, directing his sorrow, frustration, and occasional anger to all parties involvedthe Tribal Council, the Justice Department, the BIA, FBI, and AIM. His account of the besiegers and besieged reveals a well-meaning and intelligent man forced by dramatic events to reevaluate some long-cherished assumptions. It deserves to be read and studied in any attempt to understand fully Wounded Knee II.Lyman, Stanley D. is the author of 'Wounded Knee, 1973: A Personal Account - Stanley David Lyman - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780803228894 and ISBN 0803228899.