Availability:In StockContributor:Brad D. LookingbillPublish date:2006-05-08Pages:306
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806144672ISBN-10:080614467XUPC:9780806144672Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, Ethnic Studies, United StatesBook Topic:American, State & LocalSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCPRZ4W833
War Dance at Fort Marion tells the powerful story of Kiowa, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Arapaho chiefs and warriors detained as prisoners of war by the U.S. Army. Held from 1875 until 1878 at Fort Marion in Saint Augustine, Florida, they participated in an educational experiment, initiated by Captain Richard Henry Pratt, as an alternative to standard imprisonment. This book, the first complete account of a unique cohort of Native peoples, brings their collective story to life and pays tribute to their individual talents and achievements. Throughout their incarceration, the Plains Indian leaders followed Pratt's rules and met his educational demands even as they remained true to their own identities. Their actions spoke volumes about the sophistication of their cultural traditions, as they continued to practice Native dances and ceremonies and also illustrated their history and experiences in the now-famous ledger drawing books. Brad D. Lookingbill's War Dance at Fort Marion draws on numerous primary documents, especially Native American accounts, to reconstruct the war prisoners' story. The author shows that what began as Pratt's effort to end the Indians' resistance to their imposed exile transformed into a new vision to mold them into model citizens in mainstream American society, though this came at the cost of intense personal suffering and loss for the Indians. Brad D. Lookingbill is Professor of History at Columbia College, Missouri, and the author of Dust Bowl, USA: Depression America and the Ecological Imagination, 1929-1941
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806144672ISBN-10:080614467XUPC:9780806144672Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, Ethnic Studies, United StatesBook Topic:American, State & LocalSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCPRZ4W833
Lookingbill, Brad D.: - Brad D. Lookingbill is Associate Professor of History at Columbia College, Missouri, and the author of Dust Bowl, USA: Depression America and the Ecological Imagination, 1929-1941;American Military History: A Documentary Reader; and The American Military: A Narrative History.
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War Dance at Fort Marion tells the powerful story of Kiowa, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Arapaho chiefs and warriors detained as prisoners of war by the U.S. Army. Held from 1875 until 1878 at Fort Marion in Saint Augustine, Florida, they participated in an educational experiment, initiated by Captain Richard Henry Pratt, as an alternative to standard imprisonment. This book, the first complete account of a unique cohort of Native peoples, brings their collective story to life and pays tribute to their individual talents and achievements. Throughout their incarceration, the Plains Indian leaders followed Pratt's rules and met his educational demands even as they remained true to their own identities. Their actions spoke volumes about the sophistication of their cultural traditions, as they continued to practice Native dances and ceremonies and also illustrated their history and experiences in the now-famous ledger drawing books. Brad D. Lookingbill's War Dance at Fort Marion draws on numerous primary documents, especially Native American accounts, to reconstruct the war prisoners' story. The author shows that what began as Pratt's effort to end the Indians' resistance to their imposed exile transformed into a new vision to mold them into model citizens in mainstream American society, though this came at the cost of intense personal suffering and loss for the Indians. Brad D. Lookingbill is Professor of History at Columbia College, Missouri, and the author of Dust Bowl, USA: Depression America and the Ecological Imagination, 1929-1941
Lookingbill, Brad D.: - Brad D. Lookingbill is Associate Professor of History at Columbia College, Missouri, and the author of Dust Bowl, USA: Depression America and the Ecological Imagination, 1929-1941;American Military History: A Documentary Reader; and The American Military: A Narrative History.
