Our Hearts Fell to the Ground: Plains Indian Views of How the West Was Lost

Our Hearts Fell to the Ground: Plains Indian Views of How the West Was Lost
ISBN-10
0312133545
ISBN-13
9780312133542
Series
Our Hearts Fell to the Ground
Category
History
Pages
226
Language
English
Published
1996-04-15
Publisher
Macmillan
Author
Colin G. Calloway

Description

This unique anthology chronicles the Plains Indians' struggle to maintain their traditional way of life in the changing world of the nineteenth century. Its rich variety of 34 primary sources - including narratives, myths, speeches, and transcribed oral histories - gives students the rare opportunity to view the transformation of the West from Native American perspective. Calloway's comprehensive introduction offers crucial information on western expansion, territorial struggles among Indian tribes, the slaughter of the buffalo, and forced assimilation through the reservation system. More than 30 pieces of Plains Indian art are included, along with maps, headnotes, questions for consideration, a bibliography, a chronology, and an index.

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