Na Na

Our Hearts Fell to the Ground: Plains Indian Views of How the West Was Lost Na Na 1996 edition

Jacket Description/Back: This unique anthology chronicles the Plains Indians' struggle to maintain their traditional way of life in the changing world of the nineteenth century. Its rich variety of 34 primary sources - including narratives, myths, speeches, and transcribed oral histories - gives students the rare opportunity to view the transformation of the West from Native American perspective. Calloway's comprehensive introduction offers crucial information on western expansion, territorial struggles among Indian tribes, the slaughter of the buffalo, and forced assimilation through the reservation system. More than 30 pieces of Plains Indian art are included, along with maps, headnotes, questions for consideration, a bibliography, a chronology, and an index. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215) and index. Publisher Marketing: This unique anthology chronicles the Plains Indians' struggle to maintain their traditional way of life in the changing world of the nineteenth century. Its rich variety of 34 primary sources - including narratives, myths, speeches, and transcribed oral histories - gives students the rare opportunity to view the transformation of the West from Native American perspective. Calloway's comprehensive introduction offers crucial information on western expansion, territorial struggles among Indian tribes, the slaughter of the buffalo, and forced assimilation through the reservation system. More than 30 pieces of Plains Indian art are included, along with maps, headnotes, questions for consideration, a bibliography, a chronology, and an index.

Contributor Bio:  Calloway, Colin G Colin G. Calloway is Professor of History and Samson Occom Professor of Native American Studies at Dartmouth College. His most recent work, "One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West Before Lewis and Clark", received the Ray Allen Billington Prize, the Merle Curti Award, and many other prizes, and was named one of "Publishers Weekly's" Best Books of the Year.