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The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories
Contributor(s): Dempsey, Hugh Aylmer (Author)

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 ISBN: 0806137711     ISBN-13: 9780806137711
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2006
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Annotation: This eclectic collection of Blackfoot Indian stories includes 18 b&w illustrations and 4 maps.
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
Dewey: 978.004
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.2" L (0.87 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
Features: Illustrated, Maps
 
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Publisher Description:

The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories by historian Hugh A. Dempsey presents tales from the Blackfoot tribe of the plains of northern Montana and southern Alberta. Drawn from Dempsey's fifty years of interviewing tribal elders and sifting through archives, the stories are about warfare, hunting, ceremonies, sexuality, the supernatural, and captivity, and they reflect the Blackfoot worldview and beliefs.

This remarkable compilation of oral history and accounts from government officials, travelers, and fur traders preserves stories dating from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. "The importance of oral history," Dempsey writes, "is reflected in the fact that the majority of these stories would never have survived had they not been preserved orally from generation to generation."

Contributor Bio(s): Dempsey, Hugh A.: -

Hugh A. Dempsey, Chief Curator Emeritus of the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta, is the author of Crowfoot: Chief of the Blackfeet and The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories. A longtime editor of Alberta History, Dempsey is an honorary chief of the Blood tribe of the Blackfoot.

Dempsey, Hugh A.: -

Hugh A. Dempsey, Chief Curator Emeritus of the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta, is the author of Crowfoot: Chief of the Blackfeet and The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories. A longtime editor of Alberta History, Dempsey is an honorary chief of the Blood tribe of the Blackfoot.
 
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