After the defeat of Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in the Great Sioux War of 1876, thousands of Lakota Sioux went to Canada to escape the American army. These included Sitting Bull and his people as well as many of the followers of Crazy Horse, especially after Crazy Horse was killed while in American custody. The disapperance of the buffalo on the Canadian plains forced most of the Lakota Sioux to return to the U.S. within five years; they surrendered and settled on American reservations. But more than 250 stayed in Canada and Never Surrendered. This is the history of those who stayed in Canada and their interactions with Metis, traders, settlers, North-west Mounted Police, Indians, missionaries and Canadian officials. Some Lakota Sioux fought in the Metis Resistance of 1885, including the Battle of Batoche, the most famous battle of the Canadian west. The Lakota Sioux eventually obtained a Canadian reserve at Wood Mountain, 21 miles north of the American border.
The book is 10 inches tall and printed on acid-free paper. It includes 156 pages, 5 maps, 5 photographs and 186 endnotes. It was researched for 7 years on location in Saskatchewan, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. It is the definitive source book on the Lakota Sioux who stayed in Canada.
Some reader comments:
"Thanks very much for the opportunity to purchase this, Mr. Papandrea. I teach American Indian history at the college level. Your account of those Lakota who did not return from Canada is an area of history that is usually ignored; your making a real contribution here, and those of us who teach appreciate it".
"Wopila Kola (thanks friend), this book helps to really clarify some questions I had".
"A great book to add to any Custer/Indian Wars collection".
"Everyone in North American should have this book".
ISBN: 978-0-9746527-4-0 LCCN: 2007904506
THEY NEVER SURRENDERED:
THE LAKOTA SIOUX BAND THAT STAYED IN CANADA
Truth is stranger than fiction - this book picks up where "Dances With Wolves" ends - the Plains Indian horse culture went on for an extra generation in Canada. Some Lakota Sioux were free roaming well into the 20th century.
The Author
Ron Papandrea was born November 9, 1948, of Italian-American parents Sam and Elizabeth (Gandini) Papandrea. He is a graduate of Michigan State University and Wayne State Univeristy Law School. Ron is an attorney and a life member of the Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association. His haiku poetry has been published in Stroker magazine. He lives in Warren, Michigan, but likes to roam.
