Author: Virginia Cole Trenholm
Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806120225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
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The Arapahoes, who simultaneously occupy the three major divisions of the Great Plains, are typical but the least known of the Plains tribes. Overshadowed by their more hostile allies, the Sioux and Cheyennes, they have been neglected by historians. This book traces their history from prehistoric times in Minnesota and Canada to the turn of the century in Wyoming, Montana, and Oklahoma, when their cultural history ended and adjustment to the white man's way began. It covers their way of life, dealings with traders, treaties, battles, division into branches, and reservation life. There are detailed accounts of the Ghost Dance and peyote cult. A study of the two branches-Southern and Northern-is a dramatic lesson in the effects of acculturation. Forced to accept the white man's way, the Southern people, after losing their ceremonials and tribal lands in Oklahoma, have gradually resigned themselves to the alien culture. The Northern Arapahoes on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, however, still cling to their original traditions. They tell their time-honored tales, pour out their souls in music, and dance to their drums much as they did in pre-reservation days-although they dress in the manner of the white man and abide by his regulations. Flat-Pipe, the sacred palladium, said to have come to "our people" when the world began, stays in their safe-keeping, and they honor it in occasional ceremony. The Pipe is the unifying symbol of the two branches of the tribe.
Author: Kris Rickard
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1502622548
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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The Arapaho is a tribe with ancient origins. Their ancestors populated North America and spread their influence throughout the continent. Eventually, their encounters with Europeans challenged their way of life and transformed their communities forever. This book discusses the tribes beginnings, its history, and its presence today, celebrating the men, women, and children who have made up the tribe throughout its existence.
Author: Loretta Fowler
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438103662
Category : Arapaho Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 167
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Examines the history, culture, and changing fortunes of the Arapaho Indians.
Author: George Amos Dorsey
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803266087
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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First published in 1903 by The Field Columbian Museum, Chicago.
Author: Bobby F. Steere
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440104026
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Tous (Hello). Whether you are a friend and student of Indian culture, or a Southern Arapaho tribal member, this book provides an exceptional opportunity to celebrate the trail, the trace, of the Arapaho Tribe. Come travel the Southern Arapahos trace from eastern Asia to the Southern Plains and into their reservation lives. Then accompany their pilgrimage to Cobb Creek and witness their Anglization. Hohou. (Thank you.)
Author: Loretta Fowler
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803268623
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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The Northern Arapahoes of the Wind River Reservation contradict many of the generalizations made about political change among native plains people. Loretta Fowler explores how, in response to the realities of domination by Americans, the Arapahoes have avoided serious factional divisions and have succeeded in legitimizing new authority through the creation and use of effective political symbols.
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Special Committee to Inquire into the Condition of the Indian Tribes
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Category : Dakota Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Author: United States. Congress. Joint Special Committee
Publisher:
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Category : Dakota Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Considers (38) S. 188.
Author: Blue Clark
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806184612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Oklahoma is home to nearly forty American Indian tribes, and includes the largest Native population of any state. As a result, many Americans think of the state as “Indian Country.” For more than half a century readers have turned to Muriel H. Wright’s A Guide to the Indian Tribes of Oklahoma as the authoritative source for information on the state’s Native peoples. Now Blue Clark, an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, has rendered a completely new guide that reflects the drastic transformation of Indian Country in recent years. As a synthesis of current knowledge, this book places the state’s Indians in their contemporary context as no other book has done. Solidly grounded in scholarship and Native oral tradition, it provides general readers the unique story of each tribe, from the Alabama-Quassartes to the Yuchis. Each entry contains a complete statistical and narrative summary of the tribe, encompassing everything from origin tales and archaeological research to contemporary ceremonies and tribal businesses. The entries also include tribal websites and suggested readings, along with photographs depicting prominent tribal personages, visitor sites, and accomplishments.
Author: Margaret Coel
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806186909
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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This is the first biography of Chief Left Hand, diplomat, linguist, and legendary of the Plains Indians. Working from government reports, manuscripts, and the diaries and letters of those persons—both white and Indian—who knew him, Margaret Coel has developed an unusually readable, interesting, and closely documented account of his life and the life of his tribe during the fateful years of the mid-1800s. It was in these years that thousands of gold-seekers on their way to California and Oregon burst across the plains, first to traverse the territory consigned to the Indians and then, with the discovery of gold in 1858 on Little Dry Creek (formerly the site of the Southern Arapaho winter campground and presently Denver, Colorado), to settle. Chief Left Hand was one of the first of his people to acknowledge the inevitability of the white man’s presence on the plain, and thereafter to espouse a policy of adamant peacefulness —if not, finally, friendship—toward the newcomers. Chief Left Hand is not only a consuming story—popular history at its best—but an important work of original scholarship. In it the author: Clearly establishes the separate identities of the original Left Hand, the subject of her book, and the man by the same name who succeeded Little Raven in 1889 as the principal chief of the Southern Arapahos in Oklahoma—a longtime source of confusion to students of western history; Lays to rest, with a series of previously unpublished letters by George Bent, a century-long dispute among historians as to Left Hand’s fate at Sand Creek; Examines the role of John A. Evans, first governor of Colorado, in the Sand Creek Massacre. Colonel Chivington, commander of the Colorado Volunteers, has always (and justly) been held responsible for the surprise attack. But Governor Evans, who afterwards claimed ignorance and innocence of the colonel’s intentions, was also deeply involved. His letters, on file in the Colorado State Archives, have somehow escaped the scrutiny of historians and remain, for the most part, unpublished. These Coel has used extensively, allowing the governor to tell, in his own words, his real role in the massacre. The author also examines Evans’s motivations for coming to Colorado, his involvement with the building of the transcontinental railroad, and his intention of clearing the Southern Arapahos from the plains —an intention that abetted Chivington’s ambitions and led to their ruthless slaughter at Sand Creek.
