The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories
Author | : Hugh Aylmer Dempsey |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2006-01-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 0806137711 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780806137711 |
Rating | : 4/5 (711 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories written by Hugh Aylmer Dempsey and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2006-01-20 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories by historian Hugh A. Dempsey presents tales from the Blackfoot tribe of the plains of northern Montana and southern Alberta. Drawn from Dempsey’s fifty years of interviewing tribal elders and sifting through archives, the stories are about warfare, hunting, ceremonies, sexuality, the supernatural, and captivity, and they reflect the Blackfoot worldview and beliefs.