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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947.

Contributor:

Kehoe, Alice Beck, 1934-

Miller, Stewart E., 1950-2009.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Siksika Indians--History.

Siksika Indians.

Siksika Indians--Government relations.

Siksika Indians--Cultural assimilation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438443362

1438443366

OCLC:

817565668