^* Passages cited within this introduction may be found in the selections in this anthology.

^*N. Scott Momaday, ‘The Magic of Words,’ in Survival This Way: Interviews with American Indian Poets, ed. Joseph Bruchac (Tucson: Sun Tracks and University of Arizona Press, 1987).

^†N. Scott Momaday, ‘Man Made of Words,’ in Literature of the American Indians: Views and Interpretations, ed. Abraham Chapman (New York: New American Library, 1975).

^*When asked to explain this, she said, ‘Oh, their eyes were blue, and they had long beards.’

^* Long Hair, General Custer.

^§ Colonel Dodge with 400 men and 75 wagons from Fort Laramie escorted a geological expedition into the Hills that spring and remained until October.

^* Cheyennes and Arapahoes.

^*The Bozeman Trail.

^*The act of striking an enemy, dead or alive, with a stick conferred distinction, the first coup naturally counting most.

^* Colonel Reynolds with six companies of cavalry attacked Crazy Horse’s village as stated in the early morning of March 16, 1876.