| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 19 |
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Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 19.
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| Contents |
People and the plains -- First arrivals -- Horse and bison culture -- Economy and material culture -- Social organizations -- Society and social conventions -- Ceremony and belief systems -- Trade and diplomacy -- War and peace -- Reservation life -- Twentieth century |
| Summary |
For the Plains Indians, the period from 1750 to 1890, often referred to as the traditional period, was an evolutionary time. Horses and firearms, trade goods, shifting migration patterns, disease pandemics, and other events associated with extensive European contact led to a peak of Plains Indian influence and success in the early nineteenth century. Ironically, that same European contact ultimately led to the devolution of traditional Plains Indian society, and by 1870 most Plains Indian peoples were living on reservations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- History
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Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- Social life and customs
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Indians of North America
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Indians of North America -- Social life and customs
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Indianen.
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Indiens -- États-Unis -- Grandes Plaines -- Histoire.
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Indiens -- États-Unis -- Grandes Plaines -- Moeurs et coutumes.
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Great Plains
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781603447225 |
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1603447229 |
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