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.
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"This is another very valuable addition to the 'Peoples of America' series, tracing Cheyenne history from its earliest origins in the sub-Arctic right up to the present-day Cheyenne life on Oklahoma and Montana reservations. This is an engaging and informative history; but the best thing about this book is the unique understanding it provides of Cheyenne culture through its series of personal anecdotes well told." History
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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 the Cheyenne to revert from settled horticultural communities to nomadic hunters across the American mid-west.
The author describes the early French and British contacts with the Cheyenne and the beginnings of trade and Indian-settler politics. Early contacts were largely peaceful, and it was not until after Independence and when the Cheyenne became involved in the intricacies of the Civil War that full scale conflict broke out between them and the US Federal Army. The tragic massacre of Cheyenne women and children at Sand Creek was avenged two decades later at the Battle of Little Big Horn - but the scale and swiftness of Federal retaliation served ultimately to accelerate the driving of the Cheyenne from their traditional lands to reservations in the south.
The author provides a detailed account of reservation life and shows how the dance ceremonies and oral traditions have largely survived the Cheyenne's enforced removal from their long-held homelands. He concludes with a critical examination of contemporary Cheyenne life and of the mixed results of the often inept intrusions of State and Federal bureaucracies.
This is a vivid and readable history and ethnography of one of the most prominent of the American Indian peoples.
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This is probably the best book I have read from the series "The Peoples Of America". It is a wonderful blend of Anthropology, History, and Sociology. Definitely worth reading if you have an interest in the Cheyenne, or Native Americans in general.
John H. Moore spent a great deal of time with the Cheyenne, and clearly has a great deal of respect for the people and the culture. Some of the stories he relates are very amusing, in particular where he discusses the portrayal in the movies and the actual dialogue spoken in "A Man Called Horse", and his story of The Wreck of the Cattle Truck are a real treat. Some of the stories are sad as well. It is his great gift to use the stories of his time with the Cheyenne to illustrate his points, and really make the reader feel as if they know this people.
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In seeking "Cheyenne origins" we need to determine who the ancestors of the Cheyennes were, and where they lived, as far back in history and prehistory as the evidence will allow. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hoof rattlers, arrow tipi, monster elk, arrow keeper, elk skull, earthen lodges, anthropomorphic spirits, sacred arrows, crooked lance, early reservation period, immigrant traffic, tipi poles, prairie turnips, tanning solution, aboriginal times, plains trade, suicide boys, soldier societies, peace faction, pipe ceremony, war arrows, war honors, trust land, major ceremonies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sun Dance, Northern Cheyennes, Black Hills, United States, Plains Indians, Dog Soldiers, Great Lakes, Little Calf, Sweet Medicine, World War, New Mexico, Middle Missouri, Mille Lacs, Sweat Lodge, North America, Missouri River, Sand Creek Massacre, Wenqiu Zhang, Bear Butte, Bent's Fort, Platte River, Rocky Mountains, Western History Collections, Civil War, Dull Knife New!
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In seeking "Cheyenne origins" we need to determine who the ancestors of the Cheyennes were, and where they lived, as far back in history and prehistory as the evidence will allow. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hoof rattlers, arrow tipi, monster elk, arrow keeper, elk skull, earthen lodges, anthropomorphic spirits, sacred arrows, crooked lance, early reservation period, immigrant traffic, tipi poles, prairie turnips, tanning solution, aboriginal times, plains trade, suicide boys, soldier societies, peace faction, pipe ceremony, war arrows, war honors, trust land, major ceremonies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sun Dance, Northern Cheyennes, Black Hills, United States, Plains Indians, Dog Soldiers, Great Lakes, Little Calf, Sweet Medicine, World War, New Mexico, Middle Missouri, Mille Lacs, Sweat Lodge, North America, Missouri River, Sand Creek Massacre, Wenqiu Zhang, Bear Butte, Bent's Fort, Platte River, Rocky Mountains, Western History Collections, Civil War, Dull Knife New!
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- The Southern Cheyennes (Civilization of the American Indian Series) by Donald J. Berthrong on 4 pages
- Seven Arrows by Hyemeyohsts Storm on page 199, page 200, and Back Matter
- The Political Economy of North American Indians by John H. Moore in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Cheyenne Autumn by Mari Sandoz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- American Indians by Robert J Moore in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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