The Blackfeet
Raiders on the Northwestern Plains
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Native American Studies, History, Americas, Native American, Anthropology
| Author: | John C. Ewers | ISBN: | 9780806188683 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press | Publication: | November 21, 2012 |
| Imprint: | University of Oklahoma Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | John C. Ewers |
| ISBN: | 9780806188683 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Publication: | November 21, 2012 |
| Imprint: | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Language: | English |
The Blackfeet were the strongest military power on the northwestern plains throughout the eighteenth century. But the near extinction of buffalo in the late nineteenth century brought dire poverty to the tribe, forcing them to rely in part on the U.S. government for sustenance. In this history of the Blackfeet, historian John C. Ewers relied on his own experience living among the Blackfeet as well as archival research to tell of not only the events that have so drastically affected the Blackfeet way of life, but also the ways the Blackfeet have responded, adapting and preserving their culture in the face of a changing landscape.
The Blackfeet were the strongest military power on the northwestern plains throughout the eighteenth century. But the near extinction of buffalo in the late nineteenth century brought dire poverty to the tribe, forcing them to rely in part on the U.S. government for sustenance. In this history of the Blackfeet, historian John C. Ewers relied on his own experience living among the Blackfeet as well as archival research to tell of not only the events that have so drastically affected the Blackfeet way of life, but also the ways the Blackfeet have responded, adapting and preserving their culture in the face of a changing landscape.
