| Description |
1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Contents |
Amskapi Pikuni: The Blackfeet People -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Memorial to Stewart Miller, by Walter Lamar -- Chapter 1: Wissler�s 1933 Manuscript -- Chapter 2: The Amskapi Pikuni from the 1950s to 2010, by Chief Earl Old Person -- Chapter 3: Bungling -- Chapter 4: Schooling -- Chapter 5: The Ranchers -- Chapter 6: About Clark Wissler -- Addendum -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
A contemporary history of one of the best-known American Indian nations. Written in collaboration with Blackfoot tribal historians and educators, Amskapi Pikuni: The Blackfeet People portrays a strong native nation fighting for two centuries against domination by Anglo invaders. The Blackfeet endured bungling, corrupt, and drunken agents; racist schoolteachers; and a federal Indian Bureau that failed to disburse millions of dollars owed to the tribe. Located on a reservation in Montana cut and cut again to give land to white ranchers, the Blackfeet adapted to complete loss of their staple food, bison--a collapse of what had been a sustainable economy throughout their history. Despite all of these challenges, the nation held to its values and continues to proudly preserve its culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Siksika Indians -- Cultural assimilation
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Siksika Indians -- Government relations
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Siksika Indians -- History
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Siksika Indians
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Siksika Indians -- Government relations
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Miller, Stewart E., 1950-2009.
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Kehoe, Alice Beck, 1934-
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| ISBN |
9781438443362 |
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1438443366 |
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