Loren Dean Books

If you must read this book, borrow it don't buy it. In my opinion, it is not very well written. The author manages to make it last for 130 pages by being repetitive to the extreme. It perpetutates the myth of the noble red man and the horrible white man to the extreme. This might be tolerable if the book was better written. There are other books about this period of Minnesota history that do a much better job of treating it with tolerance and understanding. I personally recommend "Over The Earth I Come: The Great Sioux Uprising Of 1862" by Duane Schultz.

Written by Loren Dean Boutin, Cut Nose: Who Stands on a Cloud is the true story Cut Nose, a Dakotah Native American who was a primary instigator and leader in a merciless uprising against white settlers that massacred hundreds of men, women, children, and the elderly. This uprising was eventually crushed with brutal retaliation, and in retribution the native population as a whole was forcibly relocated, with numerous casualties. Cut Nose and thirty-seven others were hanged, and buried at an unknown grave site that was subsequently desecrated and robbed. Thoroughly documented, Cut Nose: Who Stands on a Cloud recounts the desperate times and broken treaty promises that helped spark the rebellion; Cut Nose's youth, marked by promiscuity and a burning desire to become a great hunter; and his adult attitude that only complete extermination of white settlers was acceptable; and the terrible uprising as well as its outcome, including the decree to hang thirty-eight alleged prisoners signed by President Abraham Lincoln. A fascinating close study of history and a recommended addition to Native American biography shelves.