The Plains Indians
For the Plains Indians, the period from 1750 to 1890, often referred to as the traditional period, was an evolutionary time. Horses and firearms, trade goods, shifting migration patterns, disease pandemics, and other events associated with extensive European contact led to a peak of Plains Indian influence and success in the early nineteenth century. Ironically, that same European contact ultimately led to the devolution of traditional Plains Indian society, and by 1870 most Plains Indian peopl…
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- Full title :The Plains Indians / Paul H. Carlson.
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For the Plains Indians, the period from 1750 to 1890, often referred to as the traditional period, was an evolutionary time. Horses and firearms, trade goods, shifting migration patterns, disease pandemics, and other events associated with extensive European contact led to a peak of Plains Indian influence and success in the early nineteenth century. Ironically, that same European contact ultimately led to the devolution of traditional Plains Indian society, and by 1870 most Plains Indian peoples were living on reservations. History professor Paul Carlson charts the evolution and growth of the Plains Indians through this period, arguing that they were neither passive recipients of cultural changes nor helpless victims.
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- Publication Date:©1998.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Texas A & M University Press
- Place of Publication:College Station
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1998.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 254 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0890968284, 9780890968284, 0890968179, 9780890968178
- oclc:ocm38542671
- LC Classification:E78.G73
- Dewey Decimal:978/.00497
Table of Contents
People and the plains -- First arrivals -- Horse and bison culture -- Economy and material culture -- Social organizations -- Society and social conventions -- Ceremony and belief systems -- Trade and diplomacy -- War and peace -- Reservation life -- Twentieth century.
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