Modern Blackfeet; Montanans on a reservation.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 134
Subjects: Siksika Indians.; Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Mont.)
Notes: Bibliography: p. 130-134.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the Blackfeet. Blackfeet means many kinds of people -- Fieldwork -- In prospect -- The Blackfeet reservation and its people. Introduction -- The regional habitat -- Regional population and economy -- Reservation population and economy -- Summary -- Horse and buffalo days: 1850 – 1880. Introduction -- History before 1850 -- Economy -- Social organization -- Religion -- Values and status -- Summary -- Dependency and readaptation: 1884 - 1970. Introduction -- United States Indian policies -- The period of dependency, 1884 - 1935 -- The period of self-government, 1935 - 1970 -- Summary -- Intratribal diversity. Introduction -- Socialization to white-orientation -- Socialization to Indian-orientation -- Analysis -- Social interaction. Introduction -- Social occasions where everybody came -- Indian-oriented social occasions -- White-oriented social occasions -- Other social expressions of orientation -- Summary -- Values. Introduction -- Values of the white-oriented group -- Values of the Indian-oriented group -- Summary -- Status. Introduction -- Status among the white-oriented -- Status among the Indian-oriented -- The future. Summation -- White-oriented society -- Indian-oriented society -- What lies ahead for the Blackfeet? -- Epilogue.