With my own eyes

Description:

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 Brule 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 Lakota history was being written by non-Natives. With My Own Eyes represents Bettelyoun's attempt to correct misconceptions about Lakota history. Her narrative was recorded during the 1930s by another Lakota historian, Josephine Waggoner. The collaboration of the two women produced a detailed, insightful account of the dispossession of their people.

subjects: Brulé Indians,  Biography,  History,  Brulé indians,  Brule Indians,  Biography: general,  History of specific racial & ethnic groups,  Indigenous peoples,  History: American,  Ethnic Cultures - Native Americans,  Biography / Autobiography,  USA,  Native American,  Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes,  Native Americans,  History / United States / General,  Indians of north america, biography,  Indian women, north america

People: Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun (1857-1945)