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Part 1 begins with historical summaries of research in archaeology, ethnology, and ethnohistory, considering environment and subsistence and examining Plains languages. The next section is devoted to prehistory -- from about 8000 B.C. to the nineteenth century -- and is followed by extensive material reviewing the more recent history of the Plains area, including relations between Indians and European Americans into the twentieth century. At the heart of this essential reference are thirty-five detailed ethnographic chapters that document tribes of both the Prairie Plains, such as the Pawnee, Iowa, and Kansa, and the High Plains, including the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Comanche. Each ethnographic chapter focuses on pre-reservation history but also reviews the late nineteenth and the twentieth centuri
Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 13 Plains
by Demallie, Raymond J.; Sturtevant, William C.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-08-30
Publisher(s): Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
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Summary
Continuing the Smithsonian's comprehensive assessment of the prehistory, history, languages, and cultures of the aboriginal peoples of North America, this authoritative reference examines the Plains tribes, presenting sixty-six fully illustrated chapters in two parts.
Author Biography
Raymond J. DeMallie is Chancellors' Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Director of the American Indian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University.
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