With my own eyes : a Lakota woman tells her people's history

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.--jacket. Autobiographies Of The Authors: Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun -- Josephine Waggoner -- With My Own Eyes: Chief Lone Dig -- My Mother, Huntkalutawin -- Bordeaux -- At Laramie -- Crow Butte -- Three Stories Of The Battle Of The Blue Water -- Conditions From 1854 Till 1868 -- Two Stories Of Horse Creek -- My Early Days -- Crazy Horse, Tasunka Witco -- On The Reservation -- Appendixes: Lakota Pronunciation And Phonological Key -- Lakota Social Organizations -- Movement Of The Brule And Oglala Agencies -- Family Tree Of Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun -- Chronology. Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun And Josephine Waggoner ; Edited And Introduced By Emily Levine. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.