Amskapi Pikuni

The Blackfeet People

• Author(s): Clark Wissler, Alice Beck Kehoe,
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Pages: 300
• ISBN_10: 1438443358
  ISBN_13: 9781438443355
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies , Social Science / Anthropology / General , History / Native American ,

Description:... A contemporary history of one of the best-known American Indian nations.

Written in collaboration with Blackfoot tribal historians and educators, Amskapi Pikuni portrays a strong native nation fighting for two centuries against domination by Anglo invaders. The Blackfeet endured bungling, corrupt, and drunken agents; racist schoolteachers; and a federal Indian Bureau that failed to disburse millions of dollars owed to the tribe. Located on a reservation in Montana cut and cut again to give land to white ranchers, the Blackfeet adapted to complete loss of their staple food, bison—a collapse of what had been a sustainable economy throughout their history. Despite all of these challenges, the nation held to its values and continues to proudly preserve its culture.