Arapahoe politics, 1851-1978 : symbols in crises of authority / Loretta Fowler ; foreword by Fred Eggan. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler, Loretta, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arapaho Indians--Politics and government.

Arapaho Indians.

Indians of North America--Wyoming--Politics and government.

Indians of North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 373 p., [16] p. of plates ) ill., ports. ;

Place of Publication:

Lincoln [Neb.] : University of Nebraska Press, c1982.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

"They held up their hands": War chiefs and friendly chiefs, 1851-77

"Others tell me what I am to say": Chieftainship in the reservation context, 1878-1907

"Getting along well": The old council, 1908-36

"The old Indians and the schoolboys": The new council, 1937-64

"What they issue you": Political economy at Wind river

"To make a name": The cultural context of contemporary leadership

"Beware of the stranger and his strange ways": The evolution of political symbols, 1851-1978.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 345-356.

ISBN:

0-585-35516-9