Indian life on the Upper Missouri
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Physical Description:
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xviii, 222 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm. - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1968.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-214). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Warriors, traders, and women. A blood Indian's conception of tribal life in dog days -- The Indian trade of the upper Missouri before Lewis and Clark -- The north west trade gun -- Reactions of the Plains Indians to the Lewis and Clark expedition -- Mothers of the mixed bloods -- -- Part II. Diplomats, artists, and dandies. When the light shone in Washington -- Three ornaments worn by upper Missouri dandies in the 1830's -- Early white influence upon Plains Indian painting -- -- Part III. Conservatism, change, and survival. The Blackfoot war lodge : its construction and use -- The bear cult among the Assiniboins and their neighbors of the Northern Plains -- Self-torture in the Blood Indian sundance -- The last bison drive of the Blackfoot Indians -- Food rationing - from buffalo to beef -- When Sitting Bull surrendered his winchester -- -- Part IV. The persistent image. The emergence of the Plains Indians as the symbol of the North American Indian. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | E 78 .M82 E94 1968 | 288090 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |