Published September 25, 2000
by Osprey Publishing .
Written in
Edition Notes
Trade Editions
| Contributions | Richard Hook (Illustrator) |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | 48 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL8922117M |
| ISBN 10 | 1841761214 |
| ISBN 10 | 9781841761213 |
The Plains Indians is a clear, well written narrative history of the Plains Indians during a vital and well known era in Indian and American history. Those interested in Indian anthropology and history will value this cohesive overview of Plains Indian society and culture. So, below are my takes on the ten best books about how the Plains Indians adapted their mode of warfare, grouped by general works, then specific ones, from north to Author: Thomas E. Ricks. Crossing Bok Chitto is an Indian book and documented the Indian way, told and told again and then passed on by uncles and grandmothers. In this new format, this book . Plains Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting the Great Plains of the United States and Canada. Perhaps because they were among the last indigenous peoples to be conquered in North America, the tribes of the Great Plains are often regarded in popular culture as the archetypical American Indian.
North American Indians of the Plains American museum of natural history. Hand book series no. 1 Volume 1 of Handbook series - American museum of natural history Issue 1 of Handbook series, NY American Museum of Natural History New York: Author: Clark Wissler: Edition: 2: Publisher: American Museum of Natural History, Original from: the Reviews: 1. The adoption of a horse culture heralded the golden age of the Plains Indians - an age abruptly ended by the intervention of the white man, who forced them from their vast homelands into reservations in the second half of the 19th century. This text explores the culture of American Plains Indians. The real beginning of the horse culture of the Plains Indians began after the Pueblo Revolt in when the Pueblo tribes expelled the Spanish from New Mexico and captured thousands of horses and other livestock. The distribution of horses proceeded slowly northward to the Great Plains, as tribes caught and trained wild horses, stole them from white settlers and enemy tribes, and began to. The ultimate resource for Native American history across various regions of North America, the Smithsonian Institution’s Handbook of North American Indians series is a multi-volume hardcover reference set intended to give an encyclopedic summary of what is know about the prehistory, history, and cultures of the aboriginal peoples of North America north of the urban civilizations of central .
The Hoe and the Horse on the Plains: A Study of Cultural Development among North American Indians By Preston Holder University of Nebraska Press, Read preview Overview The Horse in Blackfoot Indian Culture: With Comparative Material from Other Western Tribes By John C. Ewers U.S. Government Printing Office, Plains Indians or Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies are the Native American tribes and First Nation band governments who have historically lived on the Interior Plains (the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies) of North hunting-farming cultures have lived on the Great Plains for centuries prior to European contact, the region is known for the horse. The Lakotas are imprinted in American historical memory. Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull are iconic figures in the American imagination, but in this groundbreaking book they emerge as something different: the architects of Lakota America, an expansive and enduring Indigenous regime that commanded human fates in the North American interior for generations. American Indians have always told stories filled with characters, creatures, and legends that have fascinated people around the world. This book mixes dramatic retellings and nonfiction information to give a full picture of American Indian stories, exploring the gods, goddesses.
