TY - JOUR AU - Baker, Bruce E. AB - 220 The Journal of American History June 2013 seem contradictory, but they turn out to make pan-Indianism. But something so important, abundant sense. Violence is not constant. Co- which preceded federal power, would not be mity happens. Further, once hostilities end and undone by it. What remained was for histori- the sides share the consequences of conquest, ans to see it, hiding in plain sight. the author demonstrates, ties strengthen. Deeply researched and clearly written, this We now know a great deal about the contest important book deserves wide readership, both forcontrol of the plains and the native peoplewho for its methods and its message. formed alliances to protect their interests. The Sherry L. Smith Crow, under pressure from Blackfeet to the north- Southern Methodist University west and Lakota and Cheyenne from the east, Dallas, Texas allied with the U.S. government. Rzeczkowski doi: 10.1093/jahist/jat014 demonstrates, however, that the lines of com- munication among all Indians remained open, with the Crow maintaining a “delicate political Vigilantes and Lynch Mobs: Narratives of Com- balancing act” in relationship with the Lakota, munity and Nation. By Lisa Arellano. (Philadel- in particular (p. 12). Of course, American mil- phia: Temple University Press, 2012. xii, TI - Vigilantes and Lynch Mobs: Narratives of Community and Nation JF - The Journal of American History DO - 10.1093/jahist/jat002 DA - 2013-06-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/vigilantes-and-lynch-mobs-narratives-of-community-and-nation-YvS3CmrPY3 SP - 220 EP - 221 VL - 100 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -