With My Own Eyes by Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun

With My Own Eyes by Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun

With My Own Eyes tells the history of the nineteenth-century Lakotas. Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun (1857-1945), the daughter of a French-American fur trader and a Brul Lakota woman, was raised near Fort Laramie and experienced firsthand the often devastating changes forced on the Lakotas. As Bettelyoun grew older, she became increasingly dissatisfied with the way her people's history was being represented by non-Natives. With My Own Eyes represents her attempt to correct misconceptions about Lakota history. Bettelyoun's narrative was recorded during the 1930s by another Lakota historian, Josephine Waggoner. This detailed, insightful account of Lakota history was never previously published. Emily Levine is a longtime landscaper in Lincoln, Nebraska.

“Bettelyoun’s stories raise important questions about other cultures and particularly oral cultures: whose voice is heard, whose truth counts, and what is true and false about the history of the American West. . . Bettelyoun’s stories allow readers to hear the voice of a person moving back and forth between several cultures and truths. An important addition to history.”—Choice
“An unmatched perspective on the struggle of the Lakota against the white tide of Manifest Destiny.”—News from Indian Country
“This book is quite unusual in being a firsthand account of 19th-century Sioux life by a woman. It is also a very readable and fascinating account of a key period in Plains Indian life.”—Library Journal

Emily Levine is a longtime landscaper in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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ISBN 13	9780803261648
ISBN 10	0803261640
Title	With My Own Eyes
Author	Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Nebraska Press
Year published	1999-08-01
Number of pages	199
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.