People before the park
Subtitle: the Kootenai and Blackfeet before Glacier National Park
By: Sally Thompson ; Kootenai Culture Committee ; Pikunni Traditional Association
Contributors: Kootenai Culture Committee; Pikunni Traditional Association
Publisher: Montana Historical Society Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Helena, Montana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781940527826; 9781940527710
Subjects: Kootenai Indians; History; Siksika Indians; Social life and customs; Mountain life; Geographical Names; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Description: "Step out of a world governed by clocks and calendars and into the worldview of the Kootenai and Blackfeet peoples. For countless years, they made their seasonal rounds in the landscape that is now Glacier National Park. In People Before the Park, the Kootenai and Blackfeet tribes share their traditions--stories and legends, foodways and hunting techniques, games and spiritual beliefs. Readers will discover a new respect for the people who were at home in these mountains, all around the seasons"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. The Land That Is Glacier National Park; title: Chapter 2. The Tribes of the Glacier National Park Area; title: The Kootenai; title: The Blackfeet; title: Relationships between the Tribes; title: Chapter 3. The Coming of White Men; title: The Fur Trade; title: Treaties and Agreements with the United States; title: Chapter 4. Knowing the Land; title: Kootenai Place-Names; title: Blackfeet Place-Names; title: Moving through the Landscape; title: Chapter 5. The Kootenai Worldview / by the Kootenai Culture Committee; title: Chapter 6. The Pikunni Worldview / by the Pikunni Traditional Association; title: Chapter 7. Continuing Traditions in the Twenty-First Century; title: Appendix: Place-Names in the Park, Current and Historic.