Song for the Horse Nation
Subtitle: Horses in Native American Cultures
By: National Museum of the American Indian; edited by George P. Horse Capture and Emil Her Many Horses with additional essays by Herman J. Viola and Linda R. Martin.
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Golden, CO
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781555911126
Copyright date: 2006 National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Description: American Indian cultures, especially those of the Great Plains, have a rich relationship with their horses. Far more than a beast of burden, the horse is for Native people a friend and a spiritual companion. Nowhere is this bond more spectacularly illustrated than in the beautiful equipment Native horses wear and the tribal clothing, tools, and other objects that incorporate horse motifs. Filled with photographs of objects from the unparalleled collections of the National Museum of the American Indian, as well as historical photographs of North American Indians and their horses, this book documents the central role horses play in Native cultures. 95 color and black-and-white photographs.
Notes: Includes some text in Sioux.
Table of contents: label: W. Richard West, Jr.
title: Foreword
pagenum: 5; label: Herman J. Viola
title: Introduction: Freedom, Bravery, and Generosity:; title: Native Americans and the Horse
pagenum: 7; label: Emil Her Many Horses
title: Remembering Lakota Ways
pagenum: 11; label: Linda R. Martin
title: Typecast Indians
pagenum: 14; title: Horse Trappings and Ornament
pagenum: 18; label: George P. Horse Capture
title: Horse Equipment
pagenum: 36; label: Frances Densmore
title: Horse Society
pagenum: 41; title: Horse Images in Everyday Life
pagenum: 47; label: Herman J. Viola
title: The Art of Capturing Horses:; title: Joe Medicine Crow Counts Coup during World War II
pagenum: 61; label: as told to Frances Densmore
title: Old Buffalo's War Narrative
pagenum: 63; label: Sherman Alexie
title: "I Would Steal Horses"
pagenum: 68; label: Linda Hogan
title: "Affinity: Mustang"
pagenum: 91; label: Luci Tapahonso
title: "Blue Horses Rush In"
pagenum: 93