| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 274 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
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They came before -- The early years in Indian Territory -- Allotment comes -- The Spirits come -- "They Were All around Us" -- Becoming Pawnee -- Childhood in Pawnee -- The old and the new -- The truths -- Blaine genealogy chart -- Pawnee Indian guardianship record |
| Summary |
The Blaine family were among the Pawnees forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1874-75. By the early twentieth century, disease and starvation had wiped out nearly three-quarters of the reservation's population. Government boarding schools refused to teach Pawnee customs and language, and many Pawnees found themselves without a community when their promised land was allotted to individuals and the rest sold as "surplus" to white settlers. Where did the Blaine family find the resilience to cope with the continual assault on their dignity and way of life? In Some Things Are Not Forgotten, Martha Royce Blaine reveals the strengths of character and culture that enabled them to persevere during the reservation years |
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Many memorable figures emerge: Wichita and Effie Blaine, anguished over the deaths of two young sons and driven to embrace the Ghost Dance; John Box, whose persistent attempts to farm the white man's way are shattered in one disastrous moment by a tornado; James G. Blaine, an aspiring ballplayer whose mysterious death in jail ends his bid to join the Chicago White Sox. We also meet the young, educated James Murie, striding a conflict-ridden path between the Pawnee and white worlds. Perhaps most unforgettable are the childhood memories of Garland Blaine, the late husband of the author, who became head chief of the Pawnees in 1964 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-265) 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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Blaine, Garland James, 1915-1979.
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Blaine, Martha Royce, 1923-
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Blaine, Garland James, 1915-1979 fast |
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Blaine, Martha Royce, 1923- fast |
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Pawnee Indians -- Biography
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Pawnee Indians -- History
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Pawnee Indians -- Social life and customs
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
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Pawnee Indians
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Pawnee Indians -- Social life and customs
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Ethnic & Race Studies.
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Gender & Ethnic Studies.
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Social Sciences.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
058531800X |
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9780585318004 |
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