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The Columbia guide to American Indians of the Great Plains
By Fowler, Loretta
- ISBN
- 978-0-23111-700-5
- Publisher
- New York ; Columbia University Press, c2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2003
To many, the term Indians evokes images of natives on horseback, with war bonnets made of eagle feathers streaming behind them, chasing buffalo on the prairies of North America's heartland. Fowler (anthropology, Univ. of Oklahoma; Tribal Sovereignty and the Historical Imagination: Cheyenne-Arapaho Politics) challenges this stereotypical image by illuminating the diversity of cultures that have existed in this region over a 16,000-year period. These include such varied cultures as those of the Mississippian...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
