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Book The Mystic Warriors of the Plains

Download or read book The Mystic Warriors of the Plains written by Thomas E. Mails and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mystic Warriors of the Plains offers readers an extraordinarily detailed view of the daily activities of the peoples of the North American plains, including the Sioux, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Nez Perce, Comanche, and many others. Used by Kevin Costner as a resource text for the motion picture Dances with Wolves, this is an extraordinarily in-depth examination of the day-to-day lives of the North American plains Indians, with over one thousand illustrations and thirty-two four-color plates. Covering everything from social customs, personal qualities, and government to types of weaponry, achievement marks, and the training of Indian boys, The Mystic Warriors of the Plains is a comprehensive encyclopedia of Plains Indian lore that will delight and inform everyone interested in understanding the native peoples of the Plains. "Magnificently and accurately ... conveys both the tragic ironies and splendors of the rich plains civilization." —Newsweek "Fascinating detail that gives a better idea of the plains people than mere description can do...."—Navajo Times

Book Warriors of the Plains

Download or read book Warriors of the Plains written by M. S. Tucker and published by Crazy Crow Pubs. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with images both vintage and modern, this book illustrates the magnificent regalia worn by the warriors of the Great Plains. Many of today's powwow dancers incorporate vintage components in their outfits, and the numerous craftwork techniques presented here are sure to provide inspiration for creating contemporary dance and ceremonial regalia. Never before available in this format, the wealth of information in this book (covering beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of regalia) will guide readers in creating authentic reproductions of the clothing worn by tribes of the Northern, Central, and Southern Plains.

Book Women and Warriors of the Plains

Download or read book Women and Warriors of the Plains written by Dan Aadland and published by Mountain Press Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1906 teenage bride Julia Tuell arrived at Lame Deer, Montana, on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation with her schoolmaster husband. Seven years later the Tuells moved to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and lived among the Sioux (pr

Book Costumes of the Plains Indians

Download or read book Costumes of the Plains Indians written by Clark Wissler and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Comanches were fierce warriors who lived on the Southern Plains. The Southern Plains extend down from the state of Nebraska into the north part of Texas. The chief object of this 1915 volume is to shed light not just on the particular garments of Plains Indians, but on their material culture as a whole.

Book Warriors of the Plains

Download or read book Warriors of the Plains written by Max Carocci and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warriors of the Plains explores the art of North American Plains Indian warriors - weapons, amulets, clothing and ceremonial objects - with particular emphasis on their ritual use and symbolic meanings. Unlike most books on Plains Indians, which have a purely historical focus, this title examines continuity and change between historic warrior societies and contemporary Native American military associations. Originally set up as clubs to organise war raids and to police seasonal cycles of nomadic hunting, warrior societies today maintain much of the Plains Indians' ethos, vigorously reinforcing their cultural, national and ethnic identity. With a new approach to the subject the author reveals how specific items and symbols - objects of "ritual and honour" - such as the American flag, eagle feathers and medicine bundles have been used over the last 200 years, as well as exploring the introduction of new elements in modern ceremonial practices such as powwow dance competitions and war veterans' celebrations. Lavishly illustrated with objects from the British Museum's important collections, as well as archival material, this book features previously unpublished material. Max Carocci has been conducting research on Plains Indians since 1989. Since 2006 he has been researching and collecting in this area for the British Museum and is the curator of the touring exhibition "Warriors of the Plains: 200 years of Native North American honour and ritual". He lectures on Indigenous American Arts at Birkbeck College, University of London and is editor of the Anthropological Index Online run by the Royal Anthropological Institute.

Book Ritual   Honour

    Book Details:
  • Author : Max Carocci
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 9780714115429
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Ritual Honour written by Max Carocci and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thousands of years, Plains Indians and their ancestors have occupied the vast region that stretches from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mountains and from the Canadian plains to the Gulf of Mexico. Today, peoples such as the Blackfoot and Sioux still live in groups bound by language and shared rituals. From about 1800, one of the most important units beyond the extended family was the 'warrior society' - a social, political and ritual group that engaged in warfare and organised ceremonial life. The societies played a prominent role in battles, offering members the opportunity to gain honours through individual acts of bravery such stealing horses, capturing women, and taking scalps during war raids. These societies, however, have a rich ritual life that was marked by a strong sense of spirituality. In their ceremonies society members made use of objects such as pipes, rattles, and headdresses, as these were significant to their shared ideas of ritual and honour. Through a selection of unique objects from the British Museum's collection, this beautifully illustrated little book explores the world of the warriors of the North American Plains. Here are exceptional examples of feather headdresses, shields, moccasins, painted hides, scalps, pipes, tomahawks, and traditional and contemporary costumes. Many of these items may seem initially familiar from popular culture, but their deeper ritual significance is revealed by the author. A perennially popular subject, this book will appeal to young and old alike.

Book Tribes of the Sioux Nation

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael G Johnson
  • Publisher : Osprey Publishing
  • Release : 2001-04-25
  • ISBN : 9781841762715
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Tribes of the Sioux Nation written by Michael G Johnson and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2001-04-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The horse culture of the tribes of the High Plains of North America lasted only some 170 years; yet in that time the sub-tribes of the Teton or Western Sioux people imprinted a vivid image on the world's imagination by their fearless but doomed fight to protect their hunting grounds from the inevitable spread of the white man. This text outlines the history, social organization, religion and material culture of the Santee, Yankton and Teton Sioux; rare early photographs include portraits of many of the great war chiefs and warriors of the Plains Indian Wars, and eight detailed plates record details of Sioux traditional costume.

Book A Lakota War Book from the Little Bighorn

Download or read book A Lakota War Book from the Little Bighorn written by Castle McLaughlin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-23 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ledger book of drawings by Lakota Sioux warriors found in 1876 on the Little Bighorn battlefield offers a rare first-person Native American record of events that likely occurred in 1866–1868 during Red Cloud’s War. This color facsimile edition uncovers the origins, ownership, and cultural and historical significance of this unique artifact.

Book Warriors of the World  The Native American Warrior

Download or read book Warriors of the World The Native American Warrior written by Chris McNab and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the training, tools, and strategies of Native American warriors from both large and remote tribes, examining their equipment, disparate combat techniques, and influence on European and American technology.

Book Dog Soldiers  Bear Men  and Buffalo Women

Download or read book Dog Soldiers Bear Men and Buffalo Women written by and published by Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall. This book was released on 1973 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the religious organizations and the ceremonies that characterized each of the 35 Indian nations.

Book The Arikara War

    Book Details:
  • Author : William R. Nester
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book The Arikara War written by William R. Nester and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Nester examines causes and effects of this little-known war, drawing the reader into the complex political and economic climate of the time. The Arikara War is a fine addition to the annals of Native American history, military history, and the history of the fur trade.

Book Aps  alooke Women and Warriors

Download or read book Aps alooke Women and Warriors written by Nina Sanders and published by Neubauer Collegium. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Apsáalooke people, also known as the Crow, are noted for their bravery and artistry, twin pillars of a centuries-old culture rooted in the landscape of the Northern Plains. This book, published in conjunction with a multi-site exhibition jointly organized by the Field Museum and the Neubauer Collegium at the University of Chicago, offers a rich narrative of the Apsáalooke paste with a keen eye on issues that concern present-day Apsáalooke identity. Apsáalooke Women and Warriors features contributions by contemporary Apsáalooke artists, intellectuals, and writers. Together, they constitute a major statement on the cosmologies, iconographies, and lifeways of the Apsáalooke people past, present--and, above all--future.

Book Dog Soldiers Societies of the Plains

Download or read book Dog Soldiers Societies of the Plains written by Thomas E. Mails and published by Marlowe & Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the religious organizations and the ceremonies that characterized the thirty-five Indian nations of the Great Plains.

Book The Warrior s Tools

Download or read book The Warrior s Tools written by Eric Smith and published by Roadrunner Press. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written from a practical Native American perspective in easy-to-understand prose, THE WARRIOR'S TOOLS combines practical how-to information on bow making with historical insight on the place bows, arrows, quivers and shields played in tribal life in the past and continue to play today.

Book Plains Warrior

Download or read book Plains Warrior written by Albert Marrin and published by Atheneum Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of the American Indian chief who led the Comanches in the battle and remained their leader on the reservation where he guided the people in accepting their new life.

Book American Plains Indians

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jason Hook
  • Publisher : Osprey Publishing
  • Release : 2000-09-25
  • ISBN : 9781841761213
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book American Plains Indians written by Jason Hook and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2000-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Daily Life in a Plains Indian Village  1868

Download or read book Daily Life in a Plains Indian Village 1868 written by Michael Terry and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. Depicts the historical background, social organization, and daily life of a Plains Indian village in 1868, presenting interiors, landscapes, clothing, and everyday objects.