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The Plains Indians /
For the Plains Indians, the period from 1750 to 1890, often referred to as the traditional period, was an evolutionary time. Horses and firearms, trade goods, shifting migration patterns, disease pandemics, and other events associated with extensive European contact led to a peak of Plains Indian in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
©1998.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ;
no. 19. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For the Plains Indians, the period from 1750 to 1890, often referred to as the traditional period, was an evolutionary time. Horses and firearms, trade goods, shifting migration patterns, disease pandemics, and other events associated with extensive European contact led to a peak of Plains Indian influence and success in the early nineteenth century. Ironically, that same European contact ultimately led to the devolution of traditional Plains Indian society, and by 1870 most Plains Indian peoples were living on reservations. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781603447225 1603447229 |