"Swing Up the Dead" for Burial at Fish Creek, 1885
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Image of soldier preparing [a body] for burial after the battle of Fish Creek.
Discusses the US government's wanted treaties in order to gain control of land, the treaties signed within Montana, tribal strategies for survival, and clashes between government troops and Indigenous warriors.
Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes.
Historical note:
A zareba is an encampment used as a base of attack and defense.Historical note:
A zareba is a stockade made of bushes: an outdoor enclosure, especially one made of thorn bushes and used as protection around a campsite or village.