The Return of Little Big Man | Social Concerns
Thomas Berger's long-awaited sequel to his realistic treatment of the history of the West in Little Big Man (1964) again views Native Americans sympathetically, as tragic victims of white imperialism. However, the focus here is on the decline and fall of Native American culture, as embodied in the Lakota protest led by Sitting Bull, with its tragic denouement in his murder. In contrast to the depiction of plains Indian life in Little Big Man—where Jack Crabb was spiritually immersed in Cheyenne culture— Berger now presents the gradual defeat and dissolution of Indian...
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