The Peace Chiefs of the Cheyennes
Book • 1980
Stan Hoig's work examines leaders within the Cheyenne who favored diplomatic solutions amid mounting pressures from Euro-American settlement.
The book traces the roles, decisions, and fates of peace-oriented chiefs as treaties collapsed and violence increased.
By focusing on leadership and negotiation, it provides insight into internal Cheyenne politics and interactions with U.S.
agents.
Hoig synthesizes archival materials and tribal histories to reveal the complexities of Cheyenne responses to displacement.
The book contributes to broader understandings of why some leaders pursued accommodation while others advocated resistance.
The book traces the roles, decisions, and fates of peace-oriented chiefs as treaties collapsed and violence increased.
By focusing on leadership and negotiation, it provides insight into internal Cheyenne politics and interactions with U.S.
agents.
Hoig synthesizes archival materials and tribal histories to reveal the complexities of Cheyenne responses to displacement.
The book contributes to broader understandings of why some leaders pursued accommodation while others advocated resistance.
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