The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories by historian Hugh Dempsey presents tales of the Blackfoot tribe on the plains of northern Montana and southern Alberta. The result of fifty years of interviewing tribal elders and sifting through archives, these stories are about warfare, hunting, ceremonies, sexuality, the supernatural, and captivity and reflect Indian viewpoints and beliefs. Previously unpublished stories about great leaders such as Seen From Afar, Bull Head, and White Calf chronicle the Blackfoot reservation years, brushes with the law, and the challenges of adapting to a new way of life. Preserved in this remarkable compilation of oral history and accounts from government officials, travelers, and fur traders are stories dating from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. "The importance of oral history," Dempsey writes, "is reflected in the fact that the majority of these stories would never have survived had they not been preserved orally from generation to generation." At the turn of the twentieth century, the Blackfoot Indians were threatened with hunger by loss of buffalo herds and were geographically divided by the 49th parallel. Today they survive as the Blood, Piegan, and Siksika tribes and their culture remains strong, thanks in part to the recording of oral traditions.

Product Description: Red Crow: Warrior Chief is the only full-scale popular biography of the great Blood Chief, telling his story from childhood to his final years, when he fought to equip his people for life in a new and strange world.A fearless and successful warrior as a young man, Red Crow went on to become a wise leader who guided his people through the difficult early years on the reserve, leading them toward better education and self-sufficiency...read more

Product Description: Now in paperback. In this book, the compilers have brought together more than 1,800 references to literature relating to the Blackfoot. About one third of the citations are annotated, and an author index and a general index simplify the utilization of this valuable resource tool...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A lavishly illustrated tribute to the heritage of the Canadian cowboy and his adventures on the Western frontier, The Golden Age of the Canadian Cowboy celebrates the irresistible spirit of the Old West and its inhabitants.Hugh Dempsey relates the history of prairie ranch life and provides colourful accounts of roundups, stampedes, blizzards, clashes with wolves and grizzly bears, and the losing battle against barbed wire, which ultimately put an end to the free range...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: The result of more than 40 years of research, The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories is a unique oral history spanning three hundred years of the Blackfoot people. Dating back as far as 1690, the stories collected here by Hugh Dempsey tell of renowned Blackfoot warriors such as Calf Shirt and Low Horn, of those who tried to adapt to a changing world, and of others who rebelled against the government’s attempts to control their lives...read more

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Explores the motivations and achievements of the orator, peacemaker, and diplomat who persuaded his people to become farmers and ranchers after the destruction of the buffalo

Product Description: Crowfoot, a Blood Indian who became chief of the Blackfoot Nation, was a great warrior and peacemaker during the time of settlement of the Canadian West.In one shattering decade, from 1875 to 1885, the great buffalo herds disappeared from Western Canada, forcing the Plains Indians who had depended on them for food, shelter, and clothing, to change their way of life...read more

Product Description: When the white settlers came to western Canada, Big Bear realized that the Cree Indians' way of life was threatened, and he fought to prevent his people from being reduced to poverty-stricken outcasts in their own land. Although his protests were peaceful, he was labelled a troublemaker...read more

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Portraits of full-blooded North American Indians are accompanied by accounts of the individuals portrayed

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Product Description: Born the son of a great Blackfoot leader, Charcoal's world was bounded by the mountains, hills, and plains of southwestern Alberta. That was the homeland of his people, the Blood Indians, but Charcoal was not free to enjoy it as his ancestors had...read more

Product Description: Charcoal's World was bounded by the mountains, hills, and plains of southwestern Alberta. That was the homeland of his people, the Blood Indians, but Charcoal was not free to enjoy it as his ancestors had. For millennia, they had lived each day in the company of spirits, and even with the coming of the white man that much did not change...read more