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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808185303321

Autore

Wissler Clark <1870-1947.>

Titolo

Amskapi Pikuni : the Blackfeet people / / Clark Wissler and Alice Beck Kehoe ; with the collaboration of Stewart E. Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2012

ISBN

1-4384-4336-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KehoeAlice Beck <1934->

MillerStewart E. <1950-2009.>

Disciplina

978.004/97352

Soggetti

Siksika Indians - History

Siksika Indians - Government relations

Siksika Indians - Cultural assimilation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- In Memoriam -- Manuscript on the History of the Blackfoot Indians in Contact with White Culture, 1933 -- The Amskapi Pikuni from the 1950s to 2010 -- Bungling -- Schooling -- The Ranchers -- About Clark Wissler -- Addendum: Definitions of Blackfeet Reservations Lands, 1855, 1851, 1875 -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written in collaboration with Blackfoot tribal historians and educators, Amskapi Pikuni: The Blackfeet People portrays a strong native nation fighting for two centuries against domination by Anglo invaders. The Blackfeet endured bungling, corrupt, and drunken agents; racist schoolteachers; and a federal Indian Bureau that failed to disburse millions of dollars owed to the tribe. Located on a reservation in Montana cut and cut again to give land to white ranchers, the Blackfeet adapted to complete loss of their staple food, bison—a collapse of what had been a sustainable economy throughout their history. Despite all of these challenges, the nation held to its values and continues to proudly preserve its culture.