Killing Custer
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Killing Custer is a historical nonfiction book by Native American author James Welch that reexamines the Battle of the Little Bighorn from Indigenous perspectives and critiques traditional U.S. historical narratives.
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| Killing Custer canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Killing Custer Context triple: [James Welch, wrote, Killing Custer]
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Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
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B.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a protest song by Buffy Sainte-Marie that confronts the historical and ongoing injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in North America.
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C.
The Time of the Buffalo
The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
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D.
Dodge City War
The Dodge City War was an 1883 bloodless conflict in Dodge City, Kansas, involving a standoff between rival lawmen and saloon interests that epitomized the power struggles and lawlessness of the American Wild West.
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E.
Little Big Man
Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western-comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman that satirically reexamines U.S. frontier history and Native American relations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Killing Custer Target entity description: Killing Custer is a historical nonfiction book by Native American author James Welch that reexamines the Battle of the Little Bighorn from Indigenous perspectives and critiques traditional U.S. historical narratives.
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A.
Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
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B.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a protest song by Buffy Sainte-Marie that confronts the historical and ongoing injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in North America.
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C.
The Time of the Buffalo
The Time of the Buffalo is a nonfiction book by Robert Paul Smith that explores the history, ecology, and cultural significance of the American buffalo.
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D.
Dodge City War
The Dodge City War was an 1883 bloodless conflict in Dodge City, Kansas, involving a standoff between rival lawmen and saloon interests that epitomized the power struggles and lawlessness of the American Wild West.
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E.
Little Big Man
Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western-comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman that satirically reexamines U.S. frontier history and Native American relations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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history book ⓘ |
| about |
Crow people
ⓘ
George Armstrong Custer ⓘ Lakota Sioux ⓘ
linked to:
Oglala Lakota
Northern Cheyenne ⓘ |
| author | James Welch ⓘ |
| authorTribalAffiliation |
Blackfeet
ⓘ
linked to:
Blackfeet people
Gros Ventre ⓘ |
| basedOn | documentary film Last Stand at Little Bighorn ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Paul Stekler ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| critiques |
Euro-American frontier narratives
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mythologizing of Custer ⓘ traditional U.S. textbook accounts of the Indian Wars ⓘ |
| depicts |
U.S. government policies toward Native Americans in the 19th century
ⓘ
aftermath of the Battle of the Little Bighorn for Native communities ⓘ reservation era ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Indigenous perspectives on the Battle of the Little Bighorn
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Native American resistance to U.S. expansion ⓘ critiques of traditional U.S. historical narratives ⓘ |
| genre |
Native American history
ⓘ
historical nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 300 ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Native American
ⓘ
linked to:
Native Americans
|
| hasSubject |
U.S.–Native American relations
ⓘ
colonial violence ⓘ historical memory ⓘ historiography of the American West ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
ⓘ
readers of Native American studies ⓘ students of American history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Battle of the Little Bighorn
ⓘ
Cheyenne history ⓘ Lakota history ⓘ United States military history ⓘ |
| notableFor |
centering Indigenous oral histories
ⓘ
integration of historical research and narrative storytelling ⓘ revising mainstream interpretations of the Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| publisher | W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
Great Plains
ⓘ
Montana Territory ⓘ |
| setInTime | 19th century American West ⓘ |
| writtenByEthnicity | Native American author ⓘ |
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