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Colonialism on the prairies : Blackfoot settlement and cultural transformation, 1870-1920
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- ISBN: 9781845193072 (h/b : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1845193075 (h/b : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
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xv, 307 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Thornhill, ON : Sussex Academic Press, 2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-292) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Note on Nomenclature -- pt. I Blackfoot Sun Dance: Resistance and Persistence, 1877-1920 -- 1. Sun Dance: Invoking the Sacred -- 2. Colonial Conceits and Indictable Offenses -- 3. Honouring Creator Sun and Praying for Good Crops -- pt. II Grammar of Blackfoot Leaderships Dress, 1830-1920 -- 4. Dress, Sacred Stories, and Worldviews -- 5. Fur Trade, Success, and Dress -- 6. Longevity of Buckskins -- pt. III Ethnographic Encounters: Cultural Transactions and Translations -- 7. Between Orality and Text: The Encounter with "Salvage" Ethnography -- 8. Blackfoot Genres into Written History and Literature -- pt. IV Oral Tradition in Contemporary Native Literature -- 9. Hero Quests, Sun Dancing, and the Story of "Scarface" -- 10. Blackfoot Hero in James Welch's Fools Crow -- 11. Ethics in Emma Lee Warrior's Compatriots. |
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| Subject: | Siksika Indians -- Colonization Siksika Indians -- Cultural assimilation Siksika Indians -- Folklore Siksika Indians -- Religion Siksika Indians -- Clothing |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Lansdowne Library | E 99 S54 T68 2011 (Text) | 26040002982458 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
