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Embodiments of power: Nineteenth-century warrior art among the Cheyennes and Kiowas.
(2003)
Events recorded in ledger book drawings served to indoctrinate boys and youths into a culturally prescribed martial mindset. Scenes centering on warfare, hunting, or courtship expounded a set of social behaviors that were ...
From buffalo to beeves: Cattle and the political economy of the Oglala Lakota, 1750--1920.
(2007)
Obstacles such as an unyielding demand by the federal government to implement a farming economy, extensive competition from white ranchers, limited access to regional or local markets, excessive institutional control by ...
American nervousness:
(1976)
Knowledge Held in Common: Tales of Luther Burbank and Science in the American Vernacular
(2001-09)
During the first half of the twentieth century, the horticulturist Luther Burbank was largely considered an irrelevant figure by the scientific community, despite winning acclaim from the public as an eminent scientist. ...
Charro: The Transnational History of a Cultural Icon
(2014-05-09)
This is a transnational cultural history of the charro horseman in Mexico and the United States. It begins with an analysis of the archetype in nineteenth century art and literature, exploring various works of visual and ...
Wielding the pen as a sword :
(1983)
Arguably the greatest journalist of his era and longtime editor of the famed newsletter, I. F. Stone has employed both pen and voice to support many of the nation's great left-oriented movements during the post-World War ...
Destroying each other: race and the clash of cultures in the Indian Territory Civil War
(2020-05-08)
Most historians of the Civil War have neglected Indian Territory. Those historians who write on the Indian Territory Civil War, like Annie Abel and Mary Jane Warde, focus on tribal political intrigue or the effect of the ...
The Weapon of Dress: Identity and Innovation in Cherokee Clothing, 1794-1838
(2017-05-12)
In the decades leading up to Removal, Cherokees underwent a variety of sartorial changes. This thesis examines these changes, the resulting tensions, and the use of clothing as a weapon of resistance against Removal. ...
Damming the Bighorn: Indian reserved water rights on the Crow Reservation, 1900--2000.
(2003)
According to one experienced lawyer, the Winters doctrine "hangs by a thread." Quantification of the Indian reserved water right serves the interests of local and state entities; does it also serve the interests of Indians? ...
Community, poverty, power: The politics of tribal self-determination, 1960--1968.
(2003)
"Community, Poverty, Power" underscores the need for scholars to transcend conventional definitions of Indian history, combine micro and macro scales of analysis, and blend social and political perspectives. In addition ...