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Charcoal's World

By: Hugh Aylmer Dempsey

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Charcoal's World was bounded by the mountains, hills, and plains of southwestern Alberta. That was the homeland of his people, the Blood Indians, but Charcoal was not free to enjoy it as his ancestors had. For millennia, they had lived each day in the company of spirits, and even with the coming of the white man that much didønot change. Major Samuel Benfield Steele of the North West Mounted Police did not know about the Indian spirit world and would not have cared to learn. In 1896 when Charcoal killed a man and made attempts on others, Steele saw him as a common murderer and vowed to chase him down. The tale of Charcoal is well known among the Indians of southern Alberta. Their stories of his exploits agree in many ways with the official reports of the North West Mounted Police, but the two sources conflict in the reasons for the success of Charcoal and his eventual downfall. Hugh A. Dempsey has spent twenty-five years researching the material on Charcoal; he has studied the government records and spoken with the elders and historians of the Blood Reserve. The result is Charcoal's World, giving us the Indian side of this remarkable story of Indian-white confrontation.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803265522

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The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories

By: Hugh A. Dempsey

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The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories

By: Hugh A. Dempsey

The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories by historian Hugh A. Dempsey presents tales from the Blackfoot tribe of the plains of northern Montana and southern Alberta. Drawn from Dempsey’s fifty years of interviewing tribal elders and sifting through archives, the stories are about warfare, hunting, ceremonies, sexuality, the supernatural, and captivity, and they reflect the Blackfoot worldview and beliefs. This remarkable compilation of oral history and accounts from government officials, travelers, and fur traders preserves stories dating from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. "The importance of oral history," Dempsey writes, "is reflected in the fact that the majority of these stories would never have survived had they not been preserved orally from generation to generation.

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299

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806179805

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9780806179803

Maskepetoon

Leader, Warrior, Peacemaker

By: Hugh A. Dempsey

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Maskepetoon

Leader, Warrior, Peacemaker

By: Hugh A. Dempsey

As a leader, Maskepetoon was respected for his skill as a hunter, his generosity and his wisdom. He was considered a “lucky” chief, a man who found buffalo on the edge of the plains, who avoided unnecessary conflicts with enemies but protected his camp like a mother grizzly her cubs. And in the turbulent mid-1800s, that’s exactly the kind of leader the Rocky Mountain Cree needed. Maskepetoon followed his own inclinations for peace and friendship. He formed allegiances with missionaries and guided settlers through the Rockies. Yet, if necessary, he could kill with impunity, rule with an iron hand and show no mercy where he believed none should be shown. He transformed his people from woodland trappers to buffalo hunters and from woodsmen to prairie dwellers, always keeping their interests at heart. Hugh A. Dempsey’s account of the legendary chief and his life includes insights from the Cree people of today, including descendants of Maskepetoon, and new information on the chief of the same name who lived in the United States during this time.

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Heritage House Publishing Co

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1926936582

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9781926936581

Bibliography of the Blackfoot

By: Hugh A. Dempsey,Lindsay Moir

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Bibliography of the Blackfoot

By: Hugh A. Dempsey,Lindsay Moir

Now in paperback. In this book, the compilers have brought together more than 1,800 references to literature relating to the Blackfoot. About one third of the citations are annotated, and an author index and a general index simplify the utilization of this valuable resource tool.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0810847620

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9780810847620

Crowfoot

Chief of the Blackfeet

By: Hugh Dempsey

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Crowfoot

Chief of the Blackfeet

By: Hugh Dempsey

CROWFOOT, A BLOOD INDIAN, SERVES AS A BLACKFOOT CHIEF 1875-1885 IN CANADA.

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Formac Publishing Company

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0887801552

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9780887801556

Maskepetoon

Leader, Warrior, Peacemaker

By: Hugh A. Dempsey

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Maskepetoon

Leader, Warrior, Peacemaker

By: Hugh A. Dempsey

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The Great Blackfoot Treaties

By: Hugh A. Dempsey

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The Great Blackfoot Treaties

By: Hugh A. Dempsey

A must-read for historians and their students."--Annette Bruised Head, Kainai High School Principal, Blood Tribe The expansive ancestral territory of the Blackfoot Nation ranged from the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta to the Missouri River in Montana and from the Rocky Mountains east to the Cypress Hills. This buffalo-rich land sustained the Blackfoot for generations until the arrival of whiskey traders, unscrupulous wolfers, smallpox epidemics, and the encroachment of white settlers on traditional hunting grounds. These factors led to widespread poverty and demoralization, forcing the Blackfoot to appeal to the Canadian government for protection. The result of this appeal was Treaty Seven, one of eleven numbered treaties signed across western Canada between 1871 and 1921. Under its terms, the Blackfoot gave up all of southern Alberta in exchange for reserves based upon five people per square mile. In practice, the treaty rendered the Blackfoot powerless and wholly dependent on the government. The Great Blackfoot Treaties examines the context and enormous impact of Treaty Seven, as well as other treaties affecting the Blackfoot during this time period.

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Heritage House Publishing Co

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1772030783

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9781772030785

Napi

The Trickster

By: Hugh A. Dempsey

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Napi

The Trickster

By: Hugh A. Dempsey

An enthralling collection of traditional Blackfoot stories revealing the frailty of mankind and the enduring power of narrative. Napi, the Old Man of the Blackfoot Nation, appears prominently in mythology, sometimes as a quasi-Creator, sometimes a fool, and sometimes a brutal murderer. Although Napi is given credit for creating many of the objects and creatures on Earth, and indeed the Earth itself, the Blackfoot do not consider him to be god-like. Napi stories tell of this mythical figure creating the world and everything in it, but getting into trouble when he starts tinkering with his own creation. Perhaps for this reason, anthropologists have labelled him a trickster/creator. For thousands of years, people have gathered around the campfire and listened to stories of how Napi blundered and schemed his way through Blackfoot country. They laugh at how Napi was outwitted by a lame fox, how he tried to fly with the geese only to look down when he was told not to and fell to the earth. He makes a perfect subject for telling, listening, and enjoying—and for teaching. Reproduced by permission of Blackfoot Elders, these stories offer complex insight into an ancient and still-thriving culture through the figure of a flawed yet powerful creature—a mirror of humankind itself.

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Heritage House Publishing Co

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1772032182

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A Log of the Vincennes

By: Lt. Donald Hugh Dorris

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A Log of the Vincennes

By: Lt. Donald Hugh Dorris

AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II The LOG begins with U.S. Sloop Vincennes, which, with the Columbus, was the first American ship to enter Tokyo Harbor (1846). A contemporaneous account of the shakedown cruise of the U.S. Cruiser Vincennes in 1937 and experiences of the ship before escorting the Hornet on the Doolittle-Tokyo expedition are given. The contents also include likenesses and biographical sketches of many men lost with the Vincennes; the Chaplain’s Log; experiences at Midway; and a statement concerning the third U.S. Vincennes, launched in 1944. Richly illustrated throughout with photographs and maps.

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670

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1789120373

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9781789120370

The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories

Three Hundred Years of Blackfoot History

By: Hugh Aylmer Dempsey

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The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories

Three Hundred Years of Blackfoot History

By: Hugh Aylmer Dempsey

The wise old ones -- A friend of the beavers -- The reincarnation of Low Horn -- The amazing death of Calf Shirt -- Peace with the Kootenays -- A messenger for peace -- The orphan -- Black white man -- The wild ones -- The last war party -- The snake man -- Man of steel -- Deerfoot and friends -- Scraping high and Mr. Tims -- The transformation of Small Eyes.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806128216

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9780806128214

Book's by Hugh A. Dempsey

Charcoal's World

Charcoal's World

The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories

The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories

Maskepetoon

Maskepetoon

Bibliography of the Blackfoot

Bibliography of the Blackfoot

Crowfoot

Crowfoot

Maskepetoon

Maskepetoon

The Great Blackfoot Treaties

The Great Blackfoot Treaties

Napi

Napi

A Log of the Vincennes

A Log of the Vincennes

The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories

The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories

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