The North American Indian. Volume 5 - The Mandan. The Arikara. The Atsina. ~ Paperbound
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Publisher : Classic Books Company
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
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ISBN : 074269805X
Author :
Publisher : Classic Books Company
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
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ISBN : 074269805X
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 26,11 MB
Release : 1991-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780806123875
No one knows for certain just when the bow and arrow came into use in America, but they were in use from the far North to the tip of South America when Europeans first arrived. Over the hemisphere the equipment ranged from very poor to excellent, with the finest bows of all being made in the Northwest of North America. Some of these bows rivaled the ancient classic bow in beauty of design and workmanship. The attitudes of whites toward Indian archers and their equipment have ranged from the highest of praise with mythical feats rivaling those of William Tell and Robin Hood-–o mockery and derision for the Indians' short, "deformed" bows and small arrows. The Laubins have found most of the popular conceptions of Indian archery to be erroneous-as are most of the preconceived notions about Indians—and in this book they attempt to correct some of these false impressions and to give a true picture of this ancient art as practiced by the original Americans. Following an introduction and history of Indian archery are chapters on comparison of bows, bow making and sinewed bows, horn bows, strings, arrows, quivers, shooting, medicine bows, Indian crossbows, and blowguns. Those wishing to learn something about the use of archery tackle by American Indians, something of the ingenuity associated with its manufacture and maintenance, and something about the importance of archery in everyday Indian life will find in this book a wealth of new, valuable, and important information.
Author : Frog
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 18,25 MB
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 952222376X
Mythic discourses in the present day show how vernacular heritage continues to function and be valuable through emergent interpretations and revaluations. At the same time, continuities in mythic images, motifs, myths and genres reveal the longue durée of mythologies and their transformations. The eighteen articles of Mythic Discourses address the many facets of myth in Uralic cultures, from the Finnish and Karelian world-creation to Nenets shamans, offering multidisciplinary perspectives from twenty eastern and western scholars. The mythologies of Uralic peoples differ so considerably that mythology is approached here in a broad sense, including myths proper, religious beliefs and associated rituals. Traditions are addressed individually, typologically, and in historical perspective. The range and breadth of the articles, presenting diverse living mythologies, their histories and relationships to traditions of other cultures such as Germanic and Slavic, all come together to offer a far richer and more developed perspective on Uralic traditions than any one article could do alone.
Author : Colin G. Calloway
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 50,15 MB
Release : 2015-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1319021573
First Peoples was Bedford/St. Martin’s first “docutext” – a textbook that features groups of primary source documents at the end of each chapter, essentially providing a reader in addition to the narrative textbook. Expertly authored by Colin G. Calloway, First Peoples has been praised for its inclusion of Native American sources and Calloway’s concerted effort to weave Native perspectives throughout the narrative. First Peoples’ distinctive approach continues to make it the bestselling and most highly acclaimed text for the American Indian history survey.
Author : Lyle Campbell
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 37,79 MB
Release : 1997
Category : America
ISBN : 0195140508
Native American languages are spoken from Siberia to Greenland. Campbell's project is to take stock of what is known about the history of Native American languages and in the process examine the state of American Indian historical linguistics.
Author : Edward S. Curtis
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Page : 386 pages
File Size : 11,52 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Indians of North America
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Author : Stephen Dow Beckham
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 30,29 MB
Release : 1991-05
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ISBN : 9780963086600
Author : Edward Curtis
Publisher : Bulfinch Press
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 19,22 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780821223420
Native Family presents some of the finest examples of Edward Sheriff Curtis's portraiture, especially of women and children, as well as images that portray the traditional costumes, rites, and character of the individuals who made up the native nations of North America. Photographs of a wide variety of tribal groups from the Pacific Northwest to the Desert Southwest to the Great Plains are included. The images, selected by Curtis expert Christopher Cardozo, are from Curtis's landmark publication, The North American Indian. This twenty-volume, twenty-portfolio magnum opus contains thousands of photogravures and accompanying historical and descriptive text, some of which has been excerpted here to bring the pictures to life and provide information on family structure, marriage customs, living conditions, child-rearing, relationships, and other components of these native peoples' often difficult existence. Compiled over thirty years beginning in 1898, Curtis's study of more than eighty tribal cultures on the brink of extinction captured the essence of the Native American way of life.
Author : Edward S. Curtis
Publisher : Bulfinch Press
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 37,54 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780821223581
Focuses on the strange and wondrous ceremonial masks of the Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Ogalala and other Plains peoples.
Author : Cecil H. Brown
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 26,17 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0195121619
Lexical acculturation refers to the accommodation of languages to new objects and concepts encountered as the result of culture contact. This unique study analyzes a survey of words for 77 items of European culture (e.g. chicken, horse, apple, rice, scissors, soap, and Saturday) in the vocabularies of 292 Amerindian languages and dialects spoken from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego. The first book ever to undertake such a large and systematic cross-language investigation, Brown's work provides fresh insights into general processes of lexical change and development, including those involving language universals and diffusion.