Our Hearts Fell to the Ground: Plains Indian Views of How the West Was Lost

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Overview

This unique anthology chronicles the Plains Indians' struggle to maintain their traditional way of life in the changing world of the nineteenth century. Its rich variety of 34 primary sources - including narratives, myths, speeches, and transcribed oral histories - gives students the rare opportunity to view the transformation of the West from Native American perspective. Calloway's comprehensive introduction offers crucial information on western expansion, territorial struggles among Indian tribes, the slaughter of the buffalo, and forced assimilation through the reservation system. More than 30 pieces of Plains Indian art are included, along with maps, headnotes, questions for consideration, a bibliography, a chronology, and an index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349613489
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	04/15/1996
Series:	The Bedford Series in History and Culture
Edition description:	1st ed. 1996
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)