A fascinating, heavily illustrated study of the life and customs of the Plains tribes. It covers the many different tribes--Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Sioux, Comanche, Crow--and discusses the cultural diversity among them: their world views, inter-tribal warfare, language, mythology, songs, and religions. 250 illustrations.

The Plains Indians: A Cultural and Historical View of the North American Plains Tribes of the Pre-Reservation Period

Politics & Social Sciences

TAYLOR, Colin F.

Sociology

Crescent Books

THIS BOOK IS MORE THAN AN ACCOUNT OF RED MAN AGAINST WHITE MAN. IT IS A BOOK ABOUT A RACE OF WARRIOR PEOPLE AND EMPHASIZES THEIR INDIVIDUALISM AND LOVE OF FREEDOM; IT DESCRIBES WHAT THEIR LAND WAS LIKE AND HOW THEY LIVED. IT OFFERS RECONSTRUCTION OF LIFE IN PRE-HORSE DAYS WHEN WARFARE BETWEEN TRIBES OFTEN ON A MASSIVE SCALE WAS FOUGHT BY INFANTRY WEARING ARMOUR. IT CONSIDERS THE IMPACT OF THE HORSE AND GUN-HOW THESE THINGS CHANGED THE LIVES OF THE PLAINS INDIANS AND PRODUCED ONE OF THE FINEST LIGHT CAVALRIES IN THE WORLD, A FORMIDABLE BARRIER TO THE WHITE MAN'S WESTWARD EXPANSION. IT CONSIDERS THE CHANGING ROLES OF THE CHIEFS AND WAR LEADERS AND HOW THEY FOUGHT-TO CAREFULLY OBSERVED RULES. IT CONSIDERS TOO THE ETHOS OF PLAINS CULTURE AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE SPLENDOR OF THE CROW, THE FIERCENESS OF THE BLACKFOOT AND SIOUX, THE DIGNITY OF THE CHEYENNE AND THE RELIGIOUS FERVOR OF THE MANDAN. IT TELLS OF THE VALOUR AND INTEGRITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADERS OF MAO-TOPE, CRAZY HORSE, RED CLOUD, CHIEF JOSEPH, TALL BULL, AMERICAN HORSE, DULL KNIFE AND POSSIBLY THE GRATEST OF THEM ALL, SITTING BULL-CHAMPION OF THE PLAINS INDIAN. IT TELLS OF THE PROGRESSIVE DESTRUCTION OF WILDLIFE BY UNSCRUPULOUS AND GREEDY WHITE HUNTERS UNTIL THE BUFFALO AND OTHER GAME ANIMALS REACHED THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION AND THE PLAINS INDIANS FACED STARVATION. IT RELATES HOW THE WHITE MAN'S INIMICAL WAY OF LIFE, ENCROACHING MORE AND MORE ON THAT OF THE RED MAN, PROVOKED THE INVEVITABLE AND TRAGIC CONFRONTATION. ALTHOUGH SMALL IN NUMBERS, THE WARLIKE TRIBES WERE ONLY FINALLY SUBDUED WHEN, AFTER THE CUSTER BATTLE OF 1876, ALMOST 50 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL OFFICERS AND MEN IN THE U.S. ARMY WERE EQUIPPED TO MOVE AGAINST THEM.

The warriors of the Plains

Arco Pub. Co.

This comprehensive volume presents a detailed look, region by region, at the history and traditions of all the tribes of native North America. It's a stunning value for such a thorough survey of Native American lives and experiences, with sections on the development, technology, manufacture, and use of weapons and tools, plus fascinating insight into the arts and crafts, dwellings, recreation, transport, religion, cultivation, hunting practices, and trade goods of each American Indian culture.

The American Indian Peoples

History

Americas

Courage Books

An in-depth visual survey of Native American life is divided into nine cultural areas and discusses their traditions, political and spiritual leaders, and the impact of European settlement on native societies.

The Native Americans: The Indigenous People of North America

World

Pub Overstock Unlimited Inc

Featuring 155 color photographs and illustrations, Native American Weapons surveys weapons made and used by American Indians north of present-day Mexico from prehistoric times to the late nineteenth century, when European weapons were in common use. Colin F. Taylor skillfully describes the weapons and their roles in tribal culture, economy, and political systems. He categorizes the weapons according to their function--from striking, cutting, and piercing weapons to those with defensive and even symbolic properties, and he documents the ingenuity of the people who crafted them. Taylor explains the history and use of weapons such as the atlatl, a lethal throwing stick whose basic design was enhanced by carving, painting, or other ornamentation. The atlatl surprised De Soto's expedition and contributed to the Spaniards' defeat. Another highlight is Taylor's description of the evolution of body armor, first fashioned to defend against arrows, then against bullets from early firearms. Over thousands of years the weapons were developed and creatively matched to their environment--highly functional and often decorative, carried proudly in tribal gatherings and in war.

Native American Weapons

Social Sciences

Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Featuring 155 color photographs and illustrations, Native American Weapons surveys weapons made and used by American Indians north of present-day Mexico from prehistoric times to the late nineteenth century, when European weapons were in common use. Over thousands of years the weapons were developed and creatively matched to their environment―highly functional and often decorative, carried proudly in tribal gatherings and in war.

University of Oklahoma Press

Examining traditional family life among the hundreds of tribes within the nine recognized cultural regions of North America, an authoritative overview offers in-depth coverage of such topics as herbs, medicines, and hunting practices.

Native American Life: The Family, the Hunt, Pastimes and Ceremonies

Anthropology

Smithmark Pub.

Illustrates the lives of the North American Plains Indians through the colorful and functional clothing, furnishings, robes, blankets, and other everyday and ceremonial objects they made from deer and buffalo skins in the nineteenth century.

Buckskin & Buffalo

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Rizzoli

THE PLAINS INDIANS

Salamander Books Ltd., London England

. with dustjacket, large format, clean bright copy

Salamander Books

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The Plains Indians: A Cultural and Historical View of the North American Plains Tribes of the Pre-Reservation Period

The warriors of the Plains

The American Indian Peoples

The Native Americans: The Indigenous People of North America

Native American Weapons

Native American Weapons

Native American Life: The Family, the Hunt, Pastimes and Ceremonies

Buckskin & Buffalo

THE PLAINS INDIANS

Native American Life: The Family, the Hunt, Pastimes and Ceremonies