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Plains Indian History and Culture

Essays on Continuity and Change

By: John Canfield Ewers

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Plains Indian History and Culture

Essays on Continuity and Change

By: John Canfield Ewers

Plains Indian History and Culture, an engaging collection of articles and essays, reflects John C. Ewers multifaceted approach to Indian history, an approach that combines his far-reaching interest in American history generally, his professional training in anthropology, and his many decades of experience as a field-worker and museum curator. The author has drawn on interviews collected during a quarter-century of fieldwork with Indian elders, who in recalling their own experiences during the buffalo days, revealed unique insights into Plains Indian life. Ewers use his expertise in examining Indian-made artifacts and drawings as well as photographs taken by non-Indian artists who had firsthand contact with Indians. He throws new light on important changes in Plains Indian culture, on the history of intertribal relations, and on Indian relation with whites—traders, missionaries, soldiers, settlers, and the U.S. Government.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806129433

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Indian Life on the Upper Missouri

By: John Canfield Ewers

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Indian Life on the Upper Missouri

By: John Canfield Ewers

The Plains Indian of the Upper Missouri in the nineteenth-century buffalo days remains the widely recognized symbol of primitive man par excellence–and the persistent image of the North American Indian at his most romantic. Fifteen cultural highlights, each a chapter made from research for a particular subject and enriched by contemporary illustrations, provide a sensitive interpretation of tribes such as the Blackfeet, the Crows, and the Mandans from the decades before Lewis and Clark up to the present. In an attempt to understand and record the old culture of the Indians, the author has developed, over the past 30 years, a special ethnohistorical approach. The results, as seen here, are enlightening both for other ethnohistorians and for historians of more or less conventional bent. This book is abundantly illustrated from historical sources.

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0806121416

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Contemporary Western

An American Genre Post 9/11

By: White John White

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Contemporary Western

An American Genre Post 9/11

By: White John White

The September 11th attacks in 2001 and the subsequent 'War on Terror' have had a profound effect on American cinema, and the contemporary Western is no exception. In this book, John White explores how films such as Open Range, True Grit and Jane Got a Gun reinforce a conservative myth of America exceptionalism; endorsing the use of extreme force in dealing with enemies and highlighting the importance of defending the homeland. Placing their characters within a dark world of confusion and horror, these films reflect the United States' post-9/11 uncertainties, and the conflict between civilised values and the brutality employed to defend them.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474427952

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Plains Indian History and Culture

Essays on Continuity and Change

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Indian Life on the Upper Missouri

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The Blackfeet; Raiders on the Northwestern Plains

By: John Canfield Ewers

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The Blackfeet; Raiders on the Northwestern Plains

By: John Canfield Ewers

The Blackfeet were the strongest military power on the northwestern plains in the historic buffalo days. For half a century up to 1805, they were almost constantly at war with the Shoshonis and came very close to exterminating that tribe. They aggressively asserted themselves against the Flatheads and the Kutenais, shoving them westward across the Rockies. They got on fairly well with English and Canadian traders during the heyday of the fur trade on the Saskatchewan River, but on the upper Missouri they took an early dislike to Americans, whom they called "Big Knives." American fur traders, such as Manuel Lisa, Pierre Menard, and Andrew Henry, were literally chased out of Montana by the Blackfeet.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806118369

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The People of the Buffalo: Military art, warfare and change

By: Colin F. Taylor,Hugh Aylmer Dempsey

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The People of the Buffalo: Military art, warfare and change

By: Colin F. Taylor,Hugh Aylmer Dempsey

Zu Ehren des verstorbenen Senior-Ethnologist der renommierten Smithsonian Institution John Ewers haben zahlreiche seiner prominenten Schüler eine "Festschrift" mit Studien zur Kultur und Geschichte der nordamerikanischen Plainsindianer erstellt. Zu den Verfassern des Buches gehören Raymond DeMallie, Douglas Parks, George Horse Capture, Barbara Feezor Buttes, Ake Hultkrantz, Winfield Coleman, Kingsley Bray und Richart Pohrt.

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389510101X

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The People of the Buffalo: The silent memorials: artifacts as cultural and historical documents

By: John Canfield Ewers

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The People of the Buffalo: The silent memorials: artifacts as cultural and historical documents

By: John Canfield Ewers

Zu Ehren des verstorbenen Senior-Ethnologist der renommierten Smithsonian Institution, John Ewers, haben zahlreiche seiner Schüler und Freunde eine Festschrift mit Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur der nordamerikanischen Plainsindianer erstellt. Zu den Autoren dieses zweiten Bandes, der sich vorwiegend mit materieller Kultur beschäftigt, gehören Ted Brasser, Arnie Brownstone, Paula Fleming, William Swagerty, James Hanson, Michael Johnson.

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Wyk auf Foehr, Germany : Tatanka Press

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3895101028

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9783895101021

Book's by John Canfield Ewers

Plains Indian History and Culture

Plains Indian History and Culture

Indian Life on the Upper Missouri

Indian Life on the Upper Missouri

Contemporary Western

Contemporary Western

Plains Indian History and Culture

Plains Indian History and Culture

Indian Life on the Upper Missouri

Indian Life on the Upper Missouri

The Blackfeet; Raiders on the Northwestern Plains

The Blackfeet; Raiders on the Northwestern Plains

The People of the Buffalo: Military art, warfare and change

The People of the Buffalo: Military art, warfare and change

The People of the Buffalo: The silent memorials: artifacts as cultural and historical documents

The People of the Buffalo: The silent memorials: artifacts as cultural and historical documents

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