So I will recount facesas best as l can, given limited resources and understanding.
I think this is a very important point for authors to disclose. A lot of the times, their writing is based on first- or second-person accounts of history and acknowledging this gives more credibility.
She valued the eldest peopleas “priceless because they could say, ‘I saw; I did.’
Older people's advice is very valuable - they have lived through a lot more and witnessed choices being made
They did so in response to thewithholding of rations, the threat of violence, enforced starvation, thekilling of game and the destruction of agriculture. Call it coercion
the Dakota bands were obviously not signing the treaty willingly after being threatened and starved; it's ridiculous how easy it was for Congress to get away with this