Plains Indians : dog soldiers, bear men, and buffalo women /

Plains Indians : dog soldiers, bear men, and buffalo women /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mails, Thomas E., author.
Uniform title:	Dog soldiers, bear men, and buffalo women
Imprint:	New York : Promontory Press, 1991.
Description:	384 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- Rites and ceremonies. Indians of North America -- Great Plains. Indians of North America. Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies. Great Plains.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10950041

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ISBN:	0883940825 9780883940822
Notes:	Originally published under title: Dog soldiers, bear men, and buffalo women. Includes bibliographical references (page 381) and index.
Summary:	Examines 35 Indian nations living between 1750 and 1850 in every dimension: religion, heritage, tradition, government, family life, social life, crafts, hunting skills and warfare.
Other form:	Online version: Mails, Thomas E. Dog soldiers, bear men, and buffalo women. Plains Indians. New York : Promontory Press, 1991

Table of Contents:

The origin of the societies and cults
The nature of the warrior societies
Society regalia
The age-graded societies, the Blackfoots as example
The Arikara
The Hidatsa
The Mandan
The Arapaho
The Gros Ventre
The non-graded societies, the Sioux as example
The Omaha
The Crow
The Ponca
The Cheyenne
The Assiniboine
The other nations
Dissolution and renewal.