Author : Zitkala-S̈a
Publisher : South Dakota State Historical Society
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 42,72 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
A prowling wildcat finds a surprise in an old dried-up buffalo skull. A group of mice are dancing the night away and not paying attention to the dangers around them. Does the wildcat spell doom for the mice, or will they escape to safety? Dance in a Buffalo Skull is an American Indain tale of danger and survival on the Great Plains.
Author : Frank X Walker
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 35,25 MB
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0813196477
When Frank X Walker's compelling collection of personal poems was first released in 2004, it told the story of the infamous Lewis and Clark expedition from the point of view of York, who was enslaved to Clark and became the first African American man to traverse the continent. The fictionalized poems in Buffalo Dance form a narrative of York's inner journey before, during, and after the expedition—a journey from slavery to freedom, from the plantation to the great Northwest, from servant to soul yearning to be free. In this expanded edition, Walker utilizes extensive historical research, interviews, transcribed oral histories from the Nez Perce Reservation, art, and empathy to breathe new life into an important but overlooked historical figure. Featuring a new historical essay, preface, and sixteen additional poems, this powerful work speaks to such themes as racism, the power of literacy, the inhumanity of slavery, and the crimes against Native Americans, while reawakening and reclaiming the lost "voice" of York.
Author : Clark Wissler
Publisher :
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 29,73 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Cree Indians
ISBN :
Author : R. M. Patterson
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 33,55 MB
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1926971353
The wildest, loveliest and least-travelled region of Alberta was R.M. Patterson’s home territory in the 1930s and ’40s. The Buffalo Head ranch was located in the foothills of the majestic Canadian Rockies. With the mountains as a backdrop, this dude ranch hosted visitors from around the world. Patterson bought it from its founder, a wild Italian named George Pocaterra, and explored the steep valleys and high mountain passes. Patterson’s tales of the ranch in The Buffalo Head culminate with a fantastic story of meeting a growling grizzly while crossing the Continental Divide in an October snowstorm.
Author : Thomas Constantine Maroukis
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 40,81 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806136165
In Peyote and the Yankton Sioux, Thomas Constantine Maroukis focuses on Yankton Sioux spiritual leader Sam Necklace, tracing his family’s history for seven generations. Through this history, Maroukis shows how Necklace and his family shaped and were shaped by the Native American Church. Sam Necklace was chief priest of the Yankton Sioux Native American Church from 1929 to 1949, and the four succeeding generations of his family have been members of the Church. As chief priest, Necklace helped establish the Peyote religion firmly among the Yankton, thus maintaining cultural and spiritual autonomy even when the U.S. government denied them, and American Indians generally, political and economic self-determination. Because the message of peyotism resonated with Yankton pre-reservation beliefs and, at the same time, had parallels with Christianity, Sam Necklace and many other Yankton supported its acceptance. The Yanktons were among the first northern-plains groups to adopt the Peyote religion, which they saw as an essential corpus of spiritual truths.
Author : Tom McHugh
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 43,8 MB
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780803281059
Discusses the natural history of the American buffalo and its crucial role in the life of the Great Plains Indian
Author : Jeffrey Myers
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 12,43 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820327440
This book argues that in US literature, discourse on the themes of race and ecology is too narrowly focused on the twentieth century and does not adequately take into account how these themes are interrelated. This study broadens the field by looking at writings from the nineteenth century.
Author : Pliny Earle Goddard
Publisher :
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 37,98 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Cree Indians
ISBN :
Author : Stephen E. Feraca
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 30,99 MB
Release : 2001-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780803269057
Wakinyan is an excellent overview of Lakota religious thought and practice, introducing readers to its essential components. Through finely detailed descriptions of rituals and various types of religious figures, Stephen E. Feraca explains the significance of such practices as the Sun Dance, sweat lodge ritual, vision quest, Yuwipi ritual, and peyote use. He also discusses the significance of herbs and religious artifacts and objects and explains the roles and responsibilities of medicine men and other religious practitioners. First written as a report for the Department of the Interior in 1963, Wakinyan has long been recognized as a classic study of Lakota religion. This edition retains most of the original text, with its first-rate ethnographic descriptions of religious practices. The author's new endnotes bring the reader up to date on changes in Lakota religion during the last three decades.
Author : Don Pitcher
Publisher : Moon Travel
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 33,88 MB
Release : 2006-06-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781566919531
Each guide contains not only detailed information on the best transportation, accommodation, restaurant, and sightseeing options but also custom maps and fascinating sidebars--all the tools travelers need to make their own choices and create a travel strategy that is theirs alone.
