Indian fall : The last great days of the Plains Cree and the Blackfoot Confederacy
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0140275614
ISBN 13
9780140275612
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
2000
Publisher
Pages
320
Subject
Indigenous peoples -- Prairie Provinces -- History -- 19th century
Tags
Crowfoot -- 1830?-1890, Canada -- Canadian Northwest, Prairie Provinces, Cree -- Prairie Provinces -- History -- 19th century, Siksika -- Prairie Provinces -- History -- 19th century, Indigenous peoples -- Prairie Provinces -- History -- 19th century, Canadian Northwest -- History, Cree, Siksika, Piapot -- Cree Chief -- 1816-1908, Poundmaker -- Cree Chief -- 1826-1886, Indigenous Chiefs -- Saskatchewan, Indigenous Chiefs, Big Bear -- Cree Chief -- 1825?-1888
Abstract
"The opening and settling of the Canadian West has been much written about over the years, and much glorified. But the story is almost always told from the point of view of the settlers.
In Indian Fall, D'Arcy Jenish chronicles the dramatic saga of the Canadian prairie by looking at the lives and times of four great Cree and Blackfoot leaders. Piapot, Big Bear, Crowfoot and Poundmaker guided their nations through a catastrophic era. From the moment the first white settlers arrived until the last of the once-plentiful buffalo disappeared, these four visionary men were called upon to lead their people through war, pestilence, starvation and displacement. Facing an adversary they could not defeat, they maintained legendary courage and dignity even in the face of grave injustice, as they witnessed the devastation of their nations."--Back cover.
In Indian Fall, D'Arcy Jenish chronicles the dramatic saga of the Canadian prairie by looking at the lives and times of four great Cree and Blackfoot leaders. Piapot, Big Bear, Crowfoot and Poundmaker guided their nations through a catastrophic era. From the moment the first white settlers arrived until the last of the once-plentiful buffalo disappeared, these four visionary men were called upon to lead their people through war, pestilence, starvation and displacement. Facing an adversary they could not defeat, they maintained legendary courage and dignity even in the face of grave injustice, as they witnessed the devastation of their nations."--Back cover.
Number of Copies
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