Cheyenne

Name: Cheyenne
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ISBN: 9780631218623

ISBN-10: 0631218629

ISBN-13: 9780631218623

Edition: 1999

Authors: John H. Moore

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This book provides a history and ethnography of the Cheyenne people from their prehistoric origins north of the Great Lakes to their present life in the reservations in Oklahoma. It is based on archaeological material, historical and linguistic evidence and draws vividly on the oral traditions of the Cheyenne themselves. After an investigation of Cheyenne origins, the author describes their settlement, around 500 BC on the plains of North Dakota. Here they hunted buffalo and antelope on foot, and gradually developed the means to cultivate the often arid ground. In a reverse of the typical European pattern, the reintroduction of the horse in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries allowed…

Book details

List price: $54.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/23/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Preface



Cheyenne Origins



Cheyenne Migrations



Pastoral Nomadism



Trade and Politics



Cheyenne Warfare



Band and Tribal Structure



Literature and Values



Cosmology and Ceremonies



Social Interactions



Early Reservation Life



Late Reservation Life



Modern Times


Notes


References


Index