Author : Raymond J. Demallie
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,70 MB
Release : 2001-08-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0874741939
Describes the prehistory, history, and culture of the aboriginal peoples who lived in the region of tall-grass prairies and short-grass high plains of North America.
Author : Jason Hook
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,62 MB
Release : 2000-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781841761213
The adoption of a horse culture heralded the golden age of the Plains Indians - an age that was abruptly ended by the intervention of the white man, who forced them from their vast homelands into reservations in the second half of the 19th century. Jason Hook's fascinating text explores the culture of the American Plains Indians, covering all aspects of their society from camp life to the art of war, in a volume packed with fascinating illustrations and photographs, including eight striking full page colour plates by Richard Hook.
Author : Andrew Santella
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 20,46 MB
Release : 2011-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1432949616
This title teaches readers about the first people to live in the Plains region of North America. It discusses their culture, customs, ways of life, interactions with other settlers, and their lives today.
Author : Michael G Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 14,23 MB
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1780964994
This book details the growth of the European Fur trade in North America and how it drew the Native Americans who lived in the Great Lakes region, notably the Huron, Dakota, Sauk and Fox, Miami and Shawnee tribes into the colonial European Wars. During the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the War of 1812, these tribes took sides and became important allies of the warring nations. However, slowly the Indians were pushed westward by the encroachment of more settlers. This tension finally culminated in the 1832 Black Hawk's War, which ended with the deportation of many tribes to distant reservations.
Author : Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 21,72 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0547125518
Tells of the transformative period in the early 16th century when the Spaniards introduced horses to the Great Plains, and how horses became, and remain, a key part of the Plains Indians' culture.
Author : David J. Wishart
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 23,24 MB
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 0803290934
2017 Nebraska Book Awards Nonfiction: Reference David J. Wishart's Great Plains Indians covers thirteen thousand years of fascinating, dynamic, and often tragic history. From a hunting and gathering lifestyle to first contact with Europeans to land dispossession to claims cases, and much more, Wishart takes a wide-angle look at one of the most significant groups of people in the country. Myriad internal and external forces have profoundly shaped Indian lives on the Great Plains. Those forces--the environment, religion, tradition, guns, disease, government policy--have written their way into this history. Wishart spans the vastness of Indian time on the Great Plains, bringing the reader up to date on reservation conditions and rebounding populations in a sea of rural population decline. Great Plains Indians is a compelling introduction to Indian life on the Great Plains from thirteen thousand years ago to the present.
Author : James D. Keyser
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 18,97 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780295980942
Archaeologist Keyser and Klassen share with readers the origins, diversity, and beauty of Plains rock art, with the hope of encouraging greater awareness and respect for this cultural tradition by society as a whole. Their guide covers the natural and archaeological history of the northwestern Plains; explains rock art forms, techniques, styles, terminology and dating; and suggests interpretations of images and compositions. The text is illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos, maps and drawings. The writing is serious, but accessible to the general reader. c. Book News Inc.
Author : Linda Lowery
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 33,35 MB
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1512422614
A long time ago, before the Plains region of the United States was divided up into states such as Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming, this land was home to American Indians. Twenty-eight unique Indian nations built homes and gathered food in the Plains. They spoke distinct languages, set up political systems, and made art. They used the natural resources available in their region in order to thrive. • The Wichita lived in houses made of grass. From the outside, they looked like giant haystacks. • Omaha and Ponca people wore caps made from eagleskin. • Lakota men carved flutes to play songs for the girls they hoped to marry. Many American Indians still live in the Plains region. Explore the history of these various nations and find out how their culture is still alive today.
Author : Renee M. Laegreid
Publisher :
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 11,79 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN :
"The first comprehensive work highlighting the diversity of women's experiences on the North American Plains; twelve essays present women's perspectives from prehistory to the present, across the northern, central, and southern plains"--Provided by publisher.
Author : David J. Wishart
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 18,73 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803247871
"Wishart and the staff of the Center for Great Plains Studies have compiled a wide-ranging (pun intended) encyclopedia of this important region. Their objective was to 'give definition to a region that has traditionally been poorly defined,' and they have
