Our hearts fell to the ground : Plains Indian views of how the West was lost

Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953- (editor,, writer of introduction.).

Summary: This anthology chronicles the Plains Indians' struggle to maintain their traditional way of life in the changing world of the nineteenth century. Its rich variety of 34 primary sources -- including narratives, myths, speeches, and transcribed oral histories -- gives students the rare opportunity to view the transformation of the West from Native American perspective. Calloway's introduction offers information on western expansion, territorial struggles among Indian tribes, the slaughter of the buffalo, and forced assimilation through the reservation system. More than 30 pieces of Plains Indian art are included, along with maps, headnotes, questions for consideration, a bibliography, a chronology, and an index.

Record details

ISBN: 9780312133542
ISBN: 0312133545
ISBN: 9780312160500
ISBN: 031216050X
Physical Description: xiv, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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Publisher: Boston : Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, ©1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Lone Dog's winter count -- Horses, guns, and smallpox -- A Pawnee vision of the future -- The life and death of Four Bears -- Counting coups and fighting for survival -- The agony and anger of the eastern Sioux -- Massacres North and South -- Talking to the Peace Commissioners: the Treaty of Medicine Lodge, 1867 -- The slaughter of the buffalo -- The battle on the Greasy Grass, 1876 -- The end of freedom -- Attending the white man's schools -- The life and death of Sitting Bull -- Killing the dream.