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Civilization of the American Indian volume 36
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Recorded by anthropologist Joseph Epes Brown, this volume contains Oglala Sioux holy man Black Elk's account of the tribe's sacred pipe and religious rites.
8) The Kiowas
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 63
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A sociological study of the tribe once considered to be the most dangerous of the Plains Indians.
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 44
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The Cheyenne were one of the most important Native American tribes of the Great Plains. Through the course of the nineteenth century they became involved in some of the bloodiest conflicts to occur in the heart of the American continent. They were swift in the adoption of horse culture and quickly became skilled and powerful mounted warriors. Men would gain rank within their society by performing and accumulating various acts of bravery in battle,...
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 46
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"If that is Long Hair, I am the one who killed him," White Bull, the young nephew of Sitting Bull, said when Bad Juice pointed out Custer's body immediately after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Yet it was Sitting Bull who acquired the notoriety and was paraded in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as "the warrior who killed Custer." But this new edition of Stanley Vestal's classic biography of the famous chief emphasizes that "Sitting Bull's fame does...
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 74
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Traces the history, customs and ceremonies of the Shoshoni Indians of Wyoming, Utah, Idaho and California, from their origins as a peaceful tribe to their conquest and forced acculturation.
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 82
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The stories in this unusual collection come from the twelve tribes of Indians that in historic times have lived in the present states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.