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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 3
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The author is a member of the Osage Indian tribe, and was born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, in the Mathews home adjoining the Osage Agency. Wah'Kon-Tah is the history of a proud, noble people who lived together in a heroic culture, spiritually at peace with God until they were driven onto a restricted reservation and came into contact with the machine dominated culture of the white man. Much on Major Laban J. Miles, uncle of President Hoover, who worked...
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 5
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 15
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The object of the present volume is to present a complete history of one of the Teton Sioux tribes from the time of its origin until it came to the reservation and was broken to pieces by the policy then favored by the United States government. The Oglalas were the spearhead of the Teton Sioux advance, and from 1840 onwards they stood squarely in the path of that new immigration of pioneer trains, traders, and the protective military, which threatened...
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 25
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Probably no native American handicrafts are more widely admired than Navajo weaving and Navajo and Pueblo silver work. This book contains the first full and authoritative account of the Indian silver jewelry fashioned in the Southwest by the Navajo and the Zuni, Hopi, and other Pueblo peoples. It is written by John Adair, a trained ethnologist who has become a recognized expert on this craft. The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths provides a full history...