Very sorry for the late post-didn't realize we needed to have posted by classtime today.

Anyways, as has been mentioned several times, I felt the book did center around the various rivalries between and sometimes within a tribe. While this was easy to read, I thought it became somewhat tedious after a while. I realize this book was written to give an accurate portrayal of Native Americans, but the massive amount of time spent on fighting just serves to perpetuate what I think to be an inaccurate stereotype.

I enjoyed reading about the customs more than anything else-especially with marriage and social hierarchy(I thought this idea was especially interesting since, as the author noted, Native Americans were viewed to be very democratic). Red Cloud was certainly an interesting man, but as the author points out, a man with faults. By noting these faults it is much easier to picture Red Cloud as an actual human being instead of this magnanimous leader that some biographers would have a tendency to do.

Overall I found the book to be very interesting if a bit too concentrated on war.