The Last Frontier

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The Last Frontier is a historical novel by Howard Fast that dramatizes the tragic 1878 Cheyenne exodus and their struggle for freedom from forced relocation.

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instanceOf historical novel
addresses colonialism in North America
human rights
racial injustice in the United States
author Howard Fast NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Cheyenne exodus
U.S. government Indian policy
forced marches
reservation system
genre Western novel
historical fiction
hasAuthorNationality American
hasHistoricalBasis real events of the Northern Cheyenne flight
hasPerspective sympathetic to Native Americans
hasWorkType politically engaged fiction
literaryForm novel
literaryTheme cultural identity
freedom
injustice
resistance to oppression
survival
mainSubject Cheyenne people NERFINISHED
Native American history
Northern Cheyenne exodus of 1878 NERFINISHED
forced relocation of Native Americans
struggle for freedom
narrativeMode third-person narrative
originalLanguage English
partOf 20th-century American literature
portrays conditions on Indian reservations
conflict between Native Americans and U.S. authorities
military pursuit of the Cheyenne
settingPlace Great Plains NERFINISHED
Indian Territory NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
settingTime 1878
late 19th century
workOf Howard Fast NERFINISHED

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