| Description |
1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Freedom, bravery, and generosity : Native Americans and the horse / Herman J. Viola -- Remembering Lakota ways / Emil Her Many Horses -- Typecast Indians / Linda R. Martin -- Horse trappings and ornament -- Horse equipment / George P. Horse Capture -- Horse society / Frances Densmore -- Horse images in everyday life -- The art of capturing horses : Joe Medicine Crow counts coup during World War II / Herman J. Viola -- Old Buffalo's war narrative / as told to Frances Densmore -- "I would steal horses" / Sherman Alexie -- "Affinity : Mustang" / Linda Hogan -- "Blue horses rush in" / Luci Tapahonso |
| Summary |
Whether it's the Oglala Lakota, Sioux, or Arapaho, Native cultures across the continent hold a special place in their hearts and culture for horses. This tradition of horses in Native American culture is depicted in A Song for the Horse Nation through images, essays, and quotation-including stories and songs collected nearly a century ago by Frances Densmore, and poems by the brilliant contemporary writers Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur d'Alêne), Luci Tapahonso (Navajo), and Linda Hogan (Chickasaw). A Song for the Horse Nation gives powerful and passionate voice to the emotional dimension of th |
| Notes |
Includes some text in Sioux |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Horses -- North America -- History
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Indians of North America -- Domestic animals.
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Indians of North America -- Hunting.
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Indians of North America -- War
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Human-animal relationships -- North America -- History
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Indians of North America -- Wars.
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Indian arts -- North America.
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Indians -- Domestic animals -- North America
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Indians -- Domestic animals
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Indians of North America -- Wars
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Indian arts
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Horses
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Human-animal relationships
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Indians of North America -- Domestic animals
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Indians of North America -- Hunting
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North America
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Emil Her Many Horses.
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Horse Capture, George P.
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National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
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| LC no. |
2005030109 |
| ISBN |
9781555918262 |
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1555918263 |
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