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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145297903321

Autore

Gibbon Guy E. <1939->

Titolo

The Sioux : the Dakota and Lakota nations / / Guy Gibbon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, , [2003]

©2003

ISBN

1-281-32312-8

9786611323127

0-470-75580-6

0-470-75495-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Collana

Peoples of America

Disciplina

978.0049752

Soggetti

Dakota Indians

Manners and customs

History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reading the Sioux -- The prehistory of the Sioux, 9500 BC-AD 1650 -- The French and English fur trade, 1650-1803 -- The early American period, 1803-1850 -- Fighting for survival, 1850-1889 -- Assimilation and allotment, 1889-1934 -- Restoration and reorganization, 1934-1975 -- The Sioux today.

Sommario/riassunto

This book covers the entire historical range of the Sioux, from their emergence as an identifiable group in late prehistory to the year 2000. The author has studied the material remains of the Sioux for many years. His expertise combined with his informative and engaging writing style and numerous photographs create a compelling and indispensable book. A leading expert discusses and analyzes the Sioux people with rigorous scholarship and remarkably clear writing.Raises questions about Sioux history while synthesizing the historical and anthropological research over