The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt : And Other Blackfoot Stories

by Hugh A. Dempsey

Book Overview

The result of more than 40 years of research, The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories is a unique oral history spanning three hundred years of the Blackfoot people. Dating back as far as 1690, the stories collected here by Hugh Dempsey tell of renowned Blackfoot warriors such as Calf Shirt and Low Horn, of those who tried to adapt to a changing world, and of others who rebelled against the government?s attempts to control their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806128216
• ISBN13: 9780806128214
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Great, eye opening, keeps you interested.

A great book to read about the lives of American Indians. Two other books to recommend: Bury My Heart On Wounded Knee, & The Education of Little Tree.