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Civilization of the American Indian volume 74
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Traces the history, customs and ceremonies of the Shoshoni Indians of Wyoming, Utah, Idaho and California, from their origins as a peaceful tribe to their conquest and forced acculturation.
3) The cowboys
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This volume from the Time Life The Old West series examines through text and many photographs and illustrations the life of the cowboy in the American West. Chapters include cattle barons, the range, roundup time, long trail, beef boom towns, and code of the West.
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 5
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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A superb study of the Bison in folklore and fact that is also an account of western expansion and a history of the Plains Indians."-
The magnificent beast that once roamed from Alaska to the Carolinas "in numbers numberless" is superbly memorialized in this full-scale study, which begins with his genesis in the Ice Age, traces his evolution and natural history, observes his patterns of behavior, and records his life-and-death relationship with three...
13) Book of the Hopi
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"The first revelation of the Hopi's historical and religious world-view of life."
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 44
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The Cheyenne were one of the most important Native American tribes of the Great Plains. Through the course of the nineteenth century they became involved in some of the bloodiest conflicts to occur in the heart of the American continent. They were swift in the adoption of horse culture and quickly became skilled and powerful mounted warriors. Men would gain rank within their society by performing and accumulating various acts of bravery in battle,...
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Joseph Medicine Crow, respected elder of the Crow tribe, draws on more than sixty years of story collecting to offer readers this extraordinary look at American Indian culture from the Indian point of view. In his early boyhood, Joe Medicine Crow had the good fortune to have known many pre-reservation Crows. His grandfathers, Medicine Crow and Yellowtail, both leaders of the Crow tribe, were ceremonial traditionalists who often invited their fellow...
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One of the best known, least known names and personalities in American history, Crazy Horse has been glamorized or demonized in countless movies. But it was Mari Sandoz, born not far from where Crazy Horse was born and author of nearly two dozen books of western history, biography and fiction, who first told the true story of the military leader of the Oglala Sioux. To tell his story, Mari Sandoz deliberately attempts to imitate the Indian oral tradition....
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An anthropologist and historian examines the lives of North America's original inhabitants including how they adapted to diverse living environments, the significance of traditional skills and knowledge, key political and spiritual leaders, and the impact of European settlement and military campaigns.