[PDF] The Buffalo And The Indians eBook

Author : Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 15,14 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780618485703

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Countless herds of majestic buffalo once roamed across the plains and prairies of North America. For at least 10,000 years, the native people hunted the buffalo and depended upon its meat and hide for their survival. But to the Indians, the buffalo was also considered sacred. They saw this abundant, powerful animal as another tribe, one that was closely related to them, and they treated it with great respect and admiration. Here, an award-winning nonfiction team traces the history of this relationship, from its beginnings in prehistory to the present. Deftly weaving social history and science, Dorothy Hinshaw Patent discusses how European settlers slaughtered the buffalo almost to extinction, breaking the back of Indian cultures. And she shows how today, as Indians are reviving their cultures, they are also restoring buffalo herds to the land. Featuring William Munoz’s stunning full-color photographs, supplemented with paintings by well-known artists, this book is an inspiring tale of a successful conservation effort. Author’s note, suggestions for further reading, index.

Author : Maria Campbell
Publisher : Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,52 MB
Release : 1990-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781771000079

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An intimate, illustrated look at the lives of the Plains Indians

Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 29,51 MB
Release : 1993
Category : American bison
ISBN :

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Nomads of the great plains, the ways of family and clan, a bounty from the wild beast, the timeless cycle of ceremony.

Author : Bobby Bridger
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 11,62 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292709171

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Army scout, buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, and impresario of the world-renowned "Wild West Show," William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody lived the real American West and also helped create the "West of the imagination." Born in 1846, he took part in the great westward migration, hunted the buffalo, and made friends among the Plains Indians, who gave him the name Pahaska (long hair). But as the frontier closed and his role in "winning the West" passed into legend, Buffalo Bill found himself becoming the symbol of the destruction of the buffalo and the American Indian. Deeply dismayed, he spent the rest of his life working to save the remaining buffalo and to preserve Plains Indian culture through his Wild West shows. This biography of William Cody focuses on his lifelong relationship with Plains Indians, a vital part of his life story that, surprisingly, has been seldom told. Bobby Bridger draws on many historical accounts and Cody's own memoirs to show how deeply intertwined Cody's life was with the Plains Indians. In particular, he demonstrates that the Lakota and Cheyenne were active cocreators of the Wild West shows, which helped them preserve the spiritual essence of their culture in the reservation era while also imparting something of it to white society in America and Europe. This dual story of Buffalo Bill and the Plains Indians clearly reveals how one West was lost, and another born, within the lifetime of one remarkable man.

Author : James Willard Schultz
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 38,77 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780806117003

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Memories of life among the Indians, ed. and with an introduction by K. C. Seele.

Author : Ken Zontek
Publisher : Bison Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 25,65 MB
Release : 2007-03
Category : History
ISBN :

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American Indian Efforts to restore the Bison.

Author : Ambrose Lane
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 16,7 MB
Release : 1995-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0313390789

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A small, poverty-stricken California Indian Tribe, the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, successfully fought a long legal battle for the right to operate the business of their choice on their barren reservation—a gambling casino. This is their story, the authorized history of their epic struggle, climaxing with their victory in a 1987 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, the now-famous Cabazon Decision. Their defeated opponents included California's City of Indio and County of Riverside (called one of the most racist in the U.S. by a non-Indian resident) as well as California and 29 other states that joined California's appeal. This is also the fascinating story of the role played by a white family and its radical, socialist patriarch that helped create one of the world's most capital-intensive industries and triggered today's Indian Gaming Explosion throughout America. Hundreds of hours of taped interviews and years of documents, meeting records, and official correspondence are analyzed to give the reader a clear picture of the impact of this new massive capital on tribal life and the development of a possible future without gambling—as officials in league with Nevada and Atlantic City gambling interests continue their efforts to destroy Indian gaming. The Buffalo, literal and symbolic figure of earlier Indian financial independence, has returned in a new form—cash cow casinos.

Author : Alvin M. Josephy
Publisher : Editorial Galaxia
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 24,78 MB
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806119151

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Describes the current social and political relationship between Native Americans and whites, outlines the issues that are most important to the Indians, and explains how they are pursuing their goals.

Author : Joseph Bruchac
Publisher : Lee & Low Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,62 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781600609909

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Walking Coyote placed his cheek against the frightened buffalo calf's side and sang softly. Lone survivor of a herd slaughtered by white hunters, the calf was one of several buffalo orphans Walking Coyote had adopted and was raising on the Flathead Reservation in Montana. For thousands of years massive herds of buffalo roamed across much of North America, but by the 1870s fewer than fifteen hundred animals remained. Hunted to the brink of extinction, the buffalo would have vanished if not for the diligent care of Walking Coyote and his family. Here is the inspiring story of the first efforts to save the buffalo, an animal sacred to Native Americans and a powerful symbol of the American west. From the foresight and dedication of individuals like Walking Coyote came the eventual survival of these majestic animals, one of the great success stories of endangered species rescue in United States history.

Author : Arthur L. Kopit
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 46,85 MB
Release : 2015-02-20
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780573692376

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Cast in the style of a vaudeville Wild West Show, this highly theatrical play explores the theme of Americas mistreatment of the indigenious tribes was a celebrated hit on Broadway starring Stacy Keach. The hero is Buffalo Bill, whose life is defined and destroyed by an unfulfilled vision. Like all tragic heroes he has a fatal character flaw: he knows and loves the Native Americans, but craves money and fame. He helps destroy the buffalo herds, reducing the Native Americans to starvation. Ultimately, ambition leads him to even greater cruelty, destroying both the tribes and himself.