The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: July 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780806135502
Subjects: Siksika Indians; Oral tradition; History - General History; Social Science; Sociology; Piegan Indians; American - Native American; Native American; History; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Kainah Indians
First sentence: The summer of 1775 was a good time for Blackfoot women to pick the succulent figlike fruit of the prickly-pear cactus.
Description: "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 Previously unpublished stories about great leaders such as Seen From Afar, Bull Head, and White Calf chronicle the Blackfoot reservation years, brushes with the law, and the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 compilation of oral history and accounts from government officials, travelers, and fur traders are stories dating from the late 1700s to the early 1900s."--BOOK JACKET.