Plains Indian History and Culture: Essays on Continuity and Change
Plains Indian History And Culture is an engaging collection of articles and essays reflecting John Ewers multifaceted approach to native American history which also combines American history generally with anthropology, and the author's many decades of experience as a field-worker and museum curator. Drawing on a quarter-century of fieldwork with Native American elders (who recalled their own experiences during the buffalo days thus revealing unique insights in Plans Indian life), Ewers uses his expertise in examining Native American artifact and drawings, and his research into unpublished documents in archives and museums, as well as previously published contemporary accounts. Plains Indian History And Culture also explores the role of women in Plains Indian life (including warfare). Ewers also throws new light on important cultural changes , on intertribal relations, and relations with the whites. Plains Indian History And Culture is an important and much needed contribution towards a proper understanding of the history and evolution of Plains Indian culture and adjustments to the broader and pervasive national, white cultural influences.  --Midwest Book Review--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.