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Review Of Prime Fathers, Les Whipp
Review Of Prime Fathers, Les Whipp
Great Plains Quarterly
Frederick Manfred's Prime Fathers is a great convenience for readers, critics, and scholars of his fiction. It gathers together miscellaneous pieces of his non-fiction that have previously been scattered over the last thirty-seven years in places as diverse as the Chicago Tribune and the American Scholar.
Review Of Indian Lives: Essays On Nineteenth- And Twentieth- Century Native American Leaders And North American Indian Lives, Charles G. Ballard
Review Of Indian Lives: Essays On Nineteenth- And Twentieth- Century Native American Leaders And North American Indian Lives, Charles G. Ballard
Great Plains Quarterly
Readers will no doubt react favorably to the descriptions of eight unusual people, classified generally as American Indians, that the editors of Indian Lives have assembled. They range from Maris Bryant Pierce of the Seneca (1811-1874) to Peterson Zah (born 1937), the former tribal chairman of the Navajo. Three women are included, the Hopi-Tewa potter Nampeyo (1860- 1942), Dr. Susan LaFleshe Picotte (1865-1915) from the Omaha tribe, and Minnie Kellogg (1880-1949) from the Oneidas of Wisconsin. The three remaining men are Henry Chee Dodge (1857-1947), the crusty first chairman of the Navajo tribal council in 1923, Charles Curtis (1860-1936), who …
Review Of Texas Country: The Changing Rural Scene, Lawrence Clayton
Review Of Texas Country: The Changing Rural Scene, Lawrence Clayton
Great Plains Quarterly
Although the United States boasts many large, progressive cities, many areas are still in reluctant transition from rural to urban. This transition has been rapid and exciting in some areas and mostly for younger people, but too rapid and painful for others whose orientation is toward a supportive past.
Review Of ''The Orders Of The Dreamed": George Nelson On Cree And Northern Ojibwa Religion And Myth, 1823, Olive Patricia Dickson
Review Of ''The Orders Of The Dreamed": George Nelson On Cree And Northern Ojibwa Religion And Myth, 1823, Olive Patricia Dickson
Great Plains Quarterly
As Amerindian traditional religions gain legitimacy in the eyes of a world dominated by the "big five" (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism), they are coming in for more and more study. Unfortunately, New World belief systems as they existed at the time of first contact have on the whole been very poorly documented, a consequence of the Christian conviction that if they could be called religions at all, they were inspired by the devil. The best records that have come down to us were compiled by the Spaniards, who, in order to destroy the civilizations of Mexico and Central and …
Review Of Among The Sioux Of Dakota: Eighteen Months' Experience As An Indian Agent, 1869-70, Elizabeth S. Grobsmith
Review Of Among The Sioux Of Dakota: Eighteen Months' Experience As An Indian Agent, 1869-70, Elizabeth S. Grobsmith
Great Plains Quarterly
This brief narrative was written by DeWitt Clinton Poole, Indian agent at the Whetstone Agency in Dakota Territory from 1869 to 1870. In a rather extensive introduction, Raymond DeMallie describes the establishment of the Agency and the difficulties Poole encountered there and admonishes the reader about Poole's paternalistic and racist view of Indian life. DeMallie reports: "Among the Sioux of Dakota is not a memorable book for its insight into American Indian culture . . . Poole failed to achieve any understanding of Sioux religion, admitting that he could see in it only 'selfishness and vindictiveness'" (lii). But DeMallie rightfully …
Review Of Basic Texas Books: An Annotated Bibliography Of Selected Works For A Research Library, Glen E. Lich
Review Of Basic Texas Books: An Annotated Bibliography Of Selected Works For A Research Library, Glen E. Lich
Great Plains Quarterly
Two things always surprise one anew upon turning to John H. Jenkins's Basic Texas Books: its breadth of overview and the depth of its entries. Much has happened in Texas studies in the years since 1970 when Jenkins started to prepare the first edition of this volume; much more has transpired since 1983 when that edition was published. Yet Jenkins's selections and what he says about them hold up as well now as they did then, perhaps better.
Ethnic Women Homesteading On The Plains Of North Dakota, H. Elaine Lindgren
Ethnic Women Homesteading On The Plains Of North Dakota, H. Elaine Lindgren
Great Plains Quarterly
Women as well as men took advantage of government land policies that encouraged settlement on the Great Plains. Researchers have replaced earlier stereotypes that emphasized the reluctance of women to participate in the settlement process by more dynamic and realistic conceptualizations that portray women as courageous, enthusiastic, and adventuresome. 1
Review Of The Female Frontier: A Comparative View Of Women On The Prairie And The Plains., Alice Hall Petry
Review Of The Female Frontier: A Comparative View Of Women On The Prairie And The Plains., Alice Hall Petry
Great Plains Quarterly
You've seen her in a hundred books, movies, and television programs: the "madonna of the prairie." But how much of the image of the frontier woman is accurate, and how much is the product of a curious alliance between Victorian ideals of womanhood and the public relations rhetoric of booster-minded Midwestern hamlets? In The Female Frontier, Glenda Riley seeks to unveil the true frontier woman of the prairies and the Great Plains; and although her book is not consistently satisfying, it does much to correct the most persistent myths of the frontier woman while pointing to areas for further …
Review Of The Way To Independence: Memories Of A Hidatsa Indian Family, 1840-1920 And A Coloring Book Of Hidatsa Indian Stories: Based On The Life And Drawings Of Edward Goodbird, Joseph C. Porter
Great Plains Quarterly
The Way to Independence exhibition and catalog appeared in 1987 to mark the centennial of the passage of the Dawes Indian Severalty Act of 1887, legislation intended to "civilize" American Indians by abolishing tribes as legal entities and allotting reservation lands to individuals. With the disappearance of the tribal land base, proponents of the Dawes Act assumed that Indians would be compelled to "assimilate" into the mainstream of American life.
Review Of From Pittsburgh To The Rocky Mountains; Major Stephen Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, John L. Allen
Review Of From Pittsburgh To The Rocky Mountains; Major Stephen Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, John L. Allen
Great Plains Quarterly
The task of editing historical documents is a difficult one; the editor must tread a fine line between preserving the historical integrity of the original text while offering the fresh and insightful information on that text that makes the new edition valuable. The responsibility of the historical editor becomes even more challenging when much of the editorial work involves the condensation of a lengthy original into a shorter new edition. In this new edition of the chronicles of Stephen Long's expedition across the Central Plains to the Rockies, the editor has successfully negotiated the shoals and reefs of condensation, abridging …
Review Of An Atlas Of The Sand Hills, Bradley H. Baltensperger
Review Of An Atlas Of The Sand Hills, Bradley H. Baltensperger
Great Plains Quarterly
Although the goal of this "Resource Atlas" is to describe the largest region of sand dunes in the western hemisphere in a single, easily accessible volume, this well-illustrated narrative would more appropriately be labeled a natural history of the Sandhills. Half the book describes the region's physical environment, including climate, geology, and water supply, and another quarter treats flora and fauna.
Review Of Brandon: Geographical Perspectives On The Wheat City, Brenton M. Barr
Review Of Brandon: Geographical Perspectives On The Wheat City, Brenton M. Barr
Great Plains Quarterly
This valuable contribution to the regional literature on Canadian urban places was produced to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Brandon University's Department of Geography. The book demonstrates the depth, range, and degree of integration that a team of geographers can achieve. Brandon comprises eleven chapters, a preface by the three editors, and a foreword by one of Canada's most distinguished historical geographers, John Warkentin, who reminds us that in regional studies "it is absolutely vital to understand the experiences of the people who live there, and who have lived there in the past."
Review Of Puuing Leather: Being The Early Recollections Of A Cowboy On The Wyoming Range, 1884-1889, Lynn M. Cawthra
Review Of Puuing Leather: Being The Early Recollections Of A Cowboy On The Wyoming Range, 1884-1889, Lynn M. Cawthra
Great Plains Quarterly
In the early 1930s, dentist-physician Reuben Mullins decided to chronicle his youthful experiences as a cowpuncher on the Wyoming range. He was unable to secure a publisher for this work, however, and after his death in 1935, the manuscript was filed away for more than fifty years. Scholars Jan Roush and Lawrence Clayton discovered Mullins's narrative in 1986 and recognized its importance as a historical document. Their editorial support and Mullins's own articulate and entertaining style have assured Pulling Leather a place alongside such standard accounts of cowboy life as Adams's Log of a Cowboy and Siringo's A Texas Cowboy …
Review Of Opera Houses Of The Midwest, Ronald L. Davis
Review Of Opera Houses Of The Midwest, Ronald L. Davis
Great Plains Quarterly
During the last third of the nineteenth century opera houses sprang up across the midwestern frontier in every town and village that had any pretense of becoming a city. Some were elegant structures of three to five stories, constructed with the hope of actually staging grand opera there; others were small theaters, often located on the second floor of a business establishment, with little chance of presenting anything grander than an occasional play; still others were simply community halls that from time to time served the function of a playhouse. All were multi-purposed facilities that became viewed as the social …
Review Of Northern Prairie Wetlands, Jack Deforest
Review Of Northern Prairie Wetlands, Jack Deforest
Great Plains Quarterly
Evidence of human disruption of ecosystems often generates a "crisis response," but fortunately we are finally learning that a base of solid scientific information is crucial for effective policymaking. This useful book provides such information for a type of wetland that is little known and poorly understood, the prairie pothole region. It developed out of a 1985 symposium in North Dakota that aimed to review the "state of knowledge" concerning various elements of the region's wetland ecology. Because of the subject's complexity, the book's content is limited to select areas: geology and hydrology, water chemistry, fauna and flora, food chains, …
Opera Houses In Kansas, Nebraska, And The Dakotas: 1870-1920, Ronald L. Davis
Opera Houses In Kansas, Nebraska, And The Dakotas: 1870-1920, Ronald L. Davis
Great Plains Quarterly
As the last frontier approached an end, nearly every town of any distinction on the Plains boasted an opera house. The term "opera house" was preferred over "theater" since opera was considered a highly respected art form rather than mere popular amusement, even though grand opera itself was seldom actually performed in the Great Plains. What the management offered on its stage depended primarily on the town's proximity to a railroad, which in the late nineteenth century served as the major link to the outside world. Whether or not opera troupes ever sang for local audiences, a town's opera house----on …
Review Of Garden City: Dreams In A Kansas Town, Michael Broadway
Review Of Garden City: Dreams In A Kansas Town, Michael Broadway
Great Plains Quarterly
Unlike many other small towns in the Great Plains, Garden City, located in southwest Kansas, has experienced a rapid increase in population over the past ten years. Iowa Beef Packers opened the world's largest beef packing plant in Holcomb, seven miles west of Garden City, resulting in an influx of newcomers to the town, most notably more than two thousand Southeast Asian refugees.
The Daughters Of Shiphrah: Folk Healers And Midwives Of The Great Plains, Timothy J. Kloberdanz
The Daughters Of Shiphrah: Folk Healers And Midwives Of The Great Plains, Timothy J. Kloberdanz
Great Plains Quarterly
Prairie folk healers and midwives seldom have been the focus of scholarly investigation, despite the crucial role they played in the settlement of countless Euro-American communities in the Great Plains. These individuals, a majority of whom were women, brought with them to the American and Canadian grasslands a wealth of folk medical knowledge and a variety of health-oriented, traditional skills.
Review Of Heartland: Comparative Histories Of The Midwestern States, John C. Hudson
Review Of Heartland: Comparative Histories Of The Midwestern States, John C. Hudson
Great Plains Quarterly
Twelve authors, one per state, working independently of one another, assigned the common task of compressing their state's history, culture, politics, and geography into a single, brief essay-it could be a formula for disaster, but under the able, guiding hand of historian James H. Madison it turns out to be a successful achievement. Heartland is an enjoyable book, informative without making claims of authority, less comparative than its subtitle promises, but relentlessly sincere in presenting the diversity of pasts that collectively form a regional history of the Middle West.
Review Of Lubbock Lake: Late Quaternary Studies On The Southern High Plains, Warren W. Caldwell
Review Of Lubbock Lake: Late Quaternary Studies On The Southern High Plains, Warren W. Caldwell
Great Plains Quarterly
During the decade following the first verification of humankind in the New World, Early Man, or Paleo-Indian remains, as they were variously called, were eagerly sought. Such archeological sites, in Late Quaternary deposits, were by no means numerous. Yet persistent search revealed them, and in some numbers, particularly in the fringes of the westernmost Plains. Nowhere were they more abundant than in the southern High Plains of northwestern Texas and adjacent New Mexico. Among them is the Yellowhouse Draw site, perhaps best known as the Lubbock Lake site, at Lubbock, Texas. The occupation area, extensive by American standards (ca. …
Freedon And Control In Laura Ingalls Wilder's De Smet, John E. Miller
Freedon And Control In Laura Ingalls Wilder's De Smet, John E. Miller
Great Plains Quarterly
Faith in the future, the virtues of persistence and hard work, the beneficence and occasional destructiveness of nature, the centrality of family, and the search for community are dominant themes of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books for children; one more theme is freedom. 1 But this freedom is never conceived of as absolute; rather, it is subject to a variety of constraints-external and internal-that interact with it in uneasy tension. The Ingalls family moved west to Dakota Territory in 1879 because of Pa's quest for freedom from the constrictions hemming him in on the more settled frontier. Farther west, he believed, …
Review Of Among The Sleeping Giants: Occasional Pieces On Lewis And Clark, Gary E. Moulton
Review Of Among The Sleeping Giants: Occasional Pieces On Lewis And Clark, Gary E. Moulton
Great Plains Quarterly
The preeminent Lewis and Clark scholars of the latest generation are gone. Thus ends the era that spanned from the 1950s to the present and produced outstanding students of the expedition like Bernard DeVoto, Paul Russell Cutright, and Donald Jackson. Cutright, Lewis and Clark's naturalist-historian, died in March 1988, and Jackson, the expedition's most recent editor, passed away in December 1987. The work reviewed here is vintage Jackson, a mixture of lightness and substance, with an eye for the previously unnoticed and a flair for the appropriate word and arresting phrase.
Review Of Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden: Agriculture Of The Hidatsa Indians And Indian Agriculture In America, Paul A. Olson
Review Of Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden: Agriculture Of The Hidatsa Indians And Indian Agriculture In America, Paul A. Olson
Great Plains Quarterly
The study of Native American agriculture has been revived recently by Gary Nabhan's Gathering the Desert, which concerns Southwestern Indian agriculture. The two books reviewed here deal more with plains agriculture. Wilson's book is an account of Hidatsa gardening practice in the nineteenth century as told to Wilson by Buffalo Bird Woman, a lady who continued to practice traditional ways long after most Hidatsa had adopted Western agriculture; the book gives a picture of traditional Hidatsa practices regarding com, sunflowers, squash, beans, tobacco, the tools used to grow them, their storage, their field culture, and the like. Hurt's book, …
Review Of Sacred Language: The Nature Of Supernatural Discourse In Lakota, Douglas R. Parks
Review Of Sacred Language: The Nature Of Supernatural Discourse In Lakota, Douglas R. Parks
Great Plains Quarterly
As early as 1851 the missionary Stephen Return Riggs remarked in the introduction to his grammar and dictionary of Dakota (eastern Sioux) that the shamans used a sacred language unknown to the common people. At the tum of the century the Pine Ridge Reservation physician James R. Walker, a dedicated student of Oglala Sioux ethnography, also referred to a ceremonial language known only to shamans. He, like Riggs and others who have mentioned it, gave only a small number of examples, all common words in the language that had been given different, or occult, meanings in order to obfuscate the …
Women's Contribution To The Family Farm, Richard W. Rathge
Women's Contribution To The Family Farm, Richard W. Rathge
Great Plains Quarterly
Our recognition of women's involvement in Great Plains agriculture is frequently linked to stereotyped images and a romanticized perspective on farmers. These notions have been cultivated over time in the absence of careful research or historical documents that realistically detail women's work on the family farm. Except for collections of oral histories, letters, and diaries, we have relatively few written records of rural women's agricultural heritage in the Great Plains. Traditional images of women and girls on farms show them as helpmates whose labor is only indirectly related to agriculture. 1 Their activities center predominantly on family and domestic chores. …
Review Of Stories Of The House People, Ahab Spence
Review Of Stories Of The House People, Ahab Spence
Great Plains Quarterly
These stories are told from the heart. Both elders have much historic background-as a matter of fact both are direct descendants of the House People.
Review Of Willa Cather: A Literary Life, Karen Vierneisel
Review Of Willa Cather: A Literary Life, Karen Vierneisel
Great Plains Quarterly
James Woodress wanted to create a life-size portrait of Willa Cather. But his own assessment of the work sums up its limitation. "[His] present view of Cather does not change in any basic way the image of her contained in [his] earlier book." Since then, he may have read Cather's letters to Louise Pound, the new interpretations of Sharon O'Brien, Doris Grumbach, and Susan Rosowski, and Bernice Slote's copious materials to which he had access. But none of this new information teased his imagination
Women's Responses To The Challenges Of Plains Living, Glenda Riley
Women's Responses To The Challenges Of Plains Living, Glenda Riley
Great Plains Quarterly
Women settlers on the Great Plains frontier, as on other frontiers, carried the primary responsibility for home and family. Not only wives and mothers, but all plainswomen, young or old, single or married, white or black, employed outside the home or not, were expected to attend to, or help with, domestic duties. Thus, women living on their own, with storekeeper fathers, with farmer husbands, or in any other circumstances devoted a large part of their time and energy to providing their households with food, clothing, and other goods or services, to maintaining houses both as family homes and as women's …