The Blackfeet: Raiders on the Northwestern PlainsUniversity of Oklahoma Press, 21 nov. 2012 - 362 pages The Blackfeet were the strongest military power on the northwestern plains throughout the eighteenth century. But the near extinction of buffalo in the late nineteenth century brought dire poverty to the tribe, forcing them to rely in part on the U.S. government for sustenance. In this history of the Blackfeet, historian John C. Ewers relied on his own experience living among the Blackfeet as well as archival research to tell of not only the events that have so drastically affected the Blackfeet way of life, but also the ways the Blackfeet have responded, adapting and preserving their culture in the face of a changing landscape. |
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Big Knives on the Missouri | 45 |
The Staff of Life | 72 |
Camp Life | 88 |
Artists and Craftsmen | 109 |
Raiding for Horses and Scalps | 124 |
All in Fun | 145 |
Lame Bulls Treaty | 205 |
Life with Our Father | 226 |
Massacre on the Marias | 236 |
Whisky Traders Redcoats and the Law | 254 |
The Tail of the Last Buffalo | 277 |
Trading Land for a Living | 297 |
Learning to Walk Alone | 316 |
Bibliography | 329 |
The Old Time Religion | 162 |
Black Robe Medicine Men | 185 |
Travelers Far Afield | 196 |
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