The Plains Indians

Author : David J. Wishart
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803290938

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Great Plains Indians by David J. Wishart Pdf

David J. Wishart's Great Plains Indians covers thirteen thousand years of fascinating, dynamic, and often tragic history. From a hunting and gathering lifestyle to first contact with Europeans to land dispossession to claims cases, and much more, Wishart takes a wide-angle look at one of the most significant groups of people in the country. Myriad internal and external forces have profoundly shaped Indian lives on the Great Plains. Those forces--the environment, religion, tradition, guns, disease, government policy--have written their way into this history. Wishart spans the vastness of Indian time on the Great Plains, bringing the reader up to date on reservation conditions and rebounding populations in a sea of rural population decline. Great Plains Indians is a compelling introduction to Indian life on the Great Plains from thirteen thousand years ago to the present.

Author : Michael Bad Hand Terry,Bad Hand
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Decorations of honor
ISBN : 0764335367

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Plains Indians Regalia and Customs by Michael Bad Hand Terry,Bad Hand Pdf

This original study of Plains Indian cultures of the 19th century is presented through the use of period writings, paintings, and early photography that relate how life was carried out. The author juxtaposes the sources with new research and modern color photography of specific replica items. The text documents the seven major tribes: Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Hidatsa, Mandan, and Lakota. Observations of Plains Indian men's and women's habits include procuring food, dancing, developing spiritual beliefs, and experiencing daily life. Prominent leaders and average members of the tribes are introduced and major incidents are explained. True stories come to light through objects that relate to each incident and personality. With an understanding of these cultures, readers learn basic similarities of all people, ancient to present, including today's multi-cultural society.

Author : James D. Keyser,Michael A. Klassen
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295806846

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Plains Indian Rock Art by James D. Keyser,Michael A. Klassen Pdf

The Plains region that stretches from northern Colorado to southern Alberta and from the Rockies to the western Dakotas is the land of the Cheyenne and the Blackfeet, the Crow and the Sioux. Its rolling grasslands and river valleys have nurtured human cultures for thousands of years. On cave walls, glacial boulders, and riverside cliffs, native people recorded their ceremonies, vision quests, battles, and daily activities in the petroglyphs and pictographs they incised, pecked, or painted onto the stone surfaces. In this vast landscape, some rock art sites were clearly intended for communal use; others just as clearly mark the occurrence of a private spiritual encounter. Elders often used rock art, such as complex depictions of hunting, to teach traditional knowledge and skills to the young. Other sites document the medicine powers and brave deeds of famous warriors. Some Plains rock art goes back more than 5,000 years; some forms were made continuously over many centuries. Archaeologists James Keyser and Michael Klassen show us the origins, diversity, and beauty of Plains rock art. The seemingly endless variety of images include humans, animals of all kinds, weapons, masks, mazes, handprints, finger lines, geometric and abstract forms, tally marks, hoofprints, and the wavy lines and starbursts that humans universally associate with trancelike states. Plains Indian Rock Art is the ultimate guide to the art form. It covers the natural and archaeological history of the northwestern Plains; explains rock art forms, techniques, styles, terminology, and dating; and offers interpretations of images and compositions.

Author : Andrew Santella
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781432949617

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Plains Indians by Andrew Santella Pdf

This title teaches readers about the first people to live in the Plains region of North America. It discusses their culture, customs, ways of life, interactions with other settlers, and their lives today.

Author : Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547125510

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The Horse and the Plains Indians by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Pdf

Tells of the transformative period in the early 16th century when the Spaniards introduced horses to the Great Plains, and how horses became, and remain, a key part of the Plains Indians' culture.

Author : Loretta Fowler
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0231117000

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The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Great Plains by Loretta Fowler Pdf

From where--and what--does water come? How did it become the key to life in the universe? Water from Heaven presents a state-of-the-art portrait of the science of water, recounting how the oxygen needed to form H2O originated in the nuclear reactions in the interiors of stars, asking whether microcomets may be replenishing our world's oceans, and explaining how the Moon and planets set ice-age rhythms by way of slight variations in Earth's orbit and rotation. The book then takes the measure of water today in all its states, solid and gaseous as well as liquid. How do the famous El Niño and La Niña events in the Pacific affect our weather? What clues can water provide scientists in search of evidence of climate changes of the past, and how does it complicate their predictions of future global warming? Finally, Water from Heaven deals with the role of water in the rise and fall of civilizations. As nations grapple over watershed rights and pollution controls, water is poised to supplant oil as the most contested natural resource of the new century. The vast majority of water "used" today is devoted to large-scale agriculture and though water is a renewable resource, it is not an infinite one. Already many parts of the world are running up against the limits of what is readily available. Water from Heaven is, in short, the full story of water and all its remarkable properties. It spans from water's beginnings during the formation of stars, all the way through the origin of the solar system, the evolution of life on Earth, the rise of civilization, and what will happen in the future. Dealing with the physical, chemical, biological, and political importance of water, this book transforms our understanding of our most precious, and abused, resource. Robert Kandel shows that water presents us with a series of crucial questions and pivotal choices that will change the way you look at your next glass of water.

Author : Paul Howard Carlson
Publisher : College Station : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0890968179

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The Plains Indians by Paul Howard Carlson Pdf

Recounts the rise and fall of the Plains Indians from 1750 to 1890 and describes their way of life after contact with outsiders enabled them to adopt horses and firearms

Author : Mir Tamim Ansary
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 158810351X

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Plains Indians by Mir Tamim Ansary Pdf

These book focus on Native American culture by examining geographic and cultural groupings as well as the major nations and tribes within each area.

Author : Edward S. Curtis
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0803215126

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The Plains Indian Photographs of Edward S. Curtis by Edward S. Curtis Pdf

The traditional cultures of the Indians of the Great Plains?Lakotas, Cheyennes, Wichitas, Arikaras, Crows, Osages, Assiniboins, Comanches, Crees, and Mandans, among others?are recalled in stunning detail in this collection of photographs by Edward S. Curtis (1868?1952). Curtis is the best-known photographer of Native Americans because of his monumental work, The North American Indian (1907?1930), which consists of twenty portfolios of large photogravures and twenty volumes of text on more than eighty Indian groups in the West. He took pictures of Plains Indians for over twenty years, and his photographs reflect both prevailing attitudes about Indians and Curtis's own vision of differences among the Native peoples whom he photographed. ø Curtis's photographs have exerted an enduring influence?both positive and negative?on mainstream American culture. They have inspired countless books, articles, and photographic exhibitions, and they continue to appear on posters, postcards, and other souvenirs. Accompanying the remarkable array of images in this book are essays by leading scholars that place the photographs within their proper critical, cultural, and historical contexts. The scholars contributing to this work are Martha H. Kennedy, Martha A. Sandweiss, Mick Gidley, and Duane Niatum.

Author : Ronald P. Koch
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1990-08-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0806121378

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Dress Clothing of the Plains Indians by Ronald P. Koch Pdf

Assembles information on and photographs of the shirts, robes, moccasins, headdresses, and ceremonial clothing of various Plains Indian tribes, illuminating their history and culture

Author : Bernard Mishkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : American Indian warfare
ISBN : UOM:39015003691253

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Rank and Warfare Among the Plains Indians by Bernard Mishkin Pdf

Author : Gaylord Torrence
Publisher : Skira
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Art
ISBN : 0847844587

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The Plains Indians by Gaylord Torrence Pdf

"In this exhibition, you will discover objects produced by 135 artists; objects that offer an unprecedented view of the continuity of the aesthetic traditions of the Plains Indians, from the 16th to the 20th century."--Musée du quai Branly brochure.

Author : David Rickman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1983-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486244709

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Plains Indians Coloring Book by David Rickman Pdf

Forty black-and-white drawings representing aspects of the culture and society of the Plains Indians.

Author : David J. Wishart
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803298620

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Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians by David J. Wishart Pdf

Until the last two centuries, the human landscapes of the Great Plains were shaped solely by Native Americans, and since then the region has continued to be defined by the enduring presence of its Indigenous peoples. The Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians offers a sweeping overview, across time and space, of this story in 123 entries drawn from the acclaimed Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, together with 23 new entries focusing on contemporary Plains Indians, and many new photographs. ø Here are the peoples, places, processes, and events that have shaped lives of the Indians of the Great Plains from the beginnings of human habitation to the present?not only yesterday?s wars, treaties, and traditions but also today?s tribal colleges, casinos, and legal battles. In addition to entries on familiar names from the past like Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, new entries on contemporary figures such as American Indian Movement spiritual leader Leonard Crow Dog and activists Russell Means and Leonard Peltier are included in the volume. Influential writer Vine Deloria Sr., Crow medicine woman Pretty Shield, Nakota blues-rock band Indigenous, and the Nebraska Indians baseball team are also among the entries in this comprehensive account. Anyone wanting to know about Plains Indians, past and present, will find this an authoritative and fascinating source.

Author : Maria Campbell
Publisher : Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1990-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1771000074

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People of the Buffalo by Maria Campbell Pdf

An intimate, illustrated look at the lives of the Plains Indians