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On the Rez is a sharp, unflinching account of the modern-day American Indian experience, especially that of the Oglala Sioux, who now live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the plains and badlands of the American West. Crazy Horse, perhaps the greatest Indian war leader of the 1800s,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- SuAnne Big Crow: The most admired Oglala basketball player of all time, who died in a car accident in 1992.
- Crazy Horse: Greatest Indian war leader of the nineteenth century
- Le War Lance: Oglala and friend of Ian Frazier
- Floyd John: Add a description of this character.
- Chick
- Wanda
- Custer
- Zimiga
- Chet
- Carradine
- Schmitz
- Doni De Cory
- Dick Wilson
- Jeanne Horse
- White Clay
- Dennis Banks
- Mike
- Mary
- Kim Novak
- Leonard
- Wendy
- Fudd
- Edgar High White Man
- Buechel
- Bill
- Sequoyah
- Felix Cohen
- Brother Simon
- Casey
- Verna
- Cora
- Germaine
- Budweiser
- Doni De Gory
- Geary
Quotes edit
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“Of SuAnne Big Crow: There's a magic in what she did, along with the promise that public acts of courage are still alive out there somewhere. Mostly, I would run the film of SuAnne again and again for my own braveheart song. I refer to her, as I do to Crazy Horse, for proof that it's a public service to be brave.”
Ian Frazier
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Certainly, pursuit of individual freedom among Indians has had a dreadful downside in quarreling and jealousy. Some Indians say that jealousy is a bigger problem for their people than alcohol. On Indian reservations nationwide, it is hard to find one that has no ongoing intratribal dispute.
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Thanks to Indians, we learned we didn’t have to kneel to George III. In the droning sameness of history, this was front-page, glorious news: we could walk the earth the equal of anyone we met, no princeling’s inferior, unobliged to kiss anyone’s hand in subjugation or to have anyone kiss ours.
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Setting & Locations edit
- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation: Home of the Oglala Sioux in South Dakota
- Oglala Sioux
- Russia
- South Dakota
- Nebraska
- America
- United States
- New York City
- Rapid City
- Florence
- Chadron
- Montana
- Buffalo
- Washington
- California
- Minnesota
- Wyoming
- Europe
- Aurelia
- Wounded Knee
- Los Angeles
- Pine Ridge High School
- Big Bat
- Arizona
- San Francisco
- Rushville
- Vietnam
- Brooklyn
- New Mexico
- Tuscarora
- Canada
- Wisconsin
- Oklahoma
- Virginia
- White River
- Kansas
- Sioux Falls
- Seattle
- Manhattan
- Happytown
- Hermosa
- Missoula
- Georgia
- Minneapolis
First Sentence edit
This book is about Indians, particularly the Oglala Sioux who live on the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwestern South Dakota, in the plains and badlands in the middle of the United States.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ian Frazier (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 978.366
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