A stunning volume that combines a fascinating true story with a priceless collection of historic photographs, WITH EAGLE TAIL relays the story of Arnold Lupson, a young Englishman who was embraced by the Native American community in the years after World War I. Lupson, a newspaper photographer from London, spent 30 years living among several tribes of the Plains Indians, even marrying the widow of a Sarcee chief. He came to be called "Eagle Tail" by his Indian friends. During his three decades with the Sarcee,  Blackfoot, and Stoney Indians, he was allowed to photograph their culture and traditions; the result is an invaluable series of documentary photographs, published here for the first time. With a text by two experts on Plains tribes and culture, this superb book offers a rare and evocative glimpse into a bygone way of life.

With Eagle Tail: Arnold Lupson and 30 Years Among the Sarcee, Blackfoot and Stoney Indians on the North American Plains

Colin F. Taylor

Hugh Dempsey

Key Porter

The expansive ancestral territory of the Blackfoot Nation ranged from the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta to the Missouri River in Montana and from the Rocky Mountains east to the Cypress Hills. This buffalo-rich land sustained the Blackfoot for generations until the arrival of whiskey traders, unscrupulous wolfers, smallpox epidemics, and the encroachment of white settlers on traditional hunting grounds. These factors led to widespread poverty and demoralization, forcing the Blackfoot to appeal to the Canadian government for protection. The result of this appeal was Treaty Seven, one of eleven numbered treaties signed across western Canada between 1871 and 1921. Under its terms, the Blackfoot gave up all of southern Alberta in exchange for reserves based upon five people per square mile. In practice, the treaty rendered the Blackfoot powerless and wholly dependent on the government. The Great Blackfoot Treaties examines the context and enormous impact of Treaty Seven, as well as other treaties affecting the Blackfoot during this time period.

The Great Blackfoot Treaties

History

Americas

Heritage House

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