A Blackfoot History; the Winter Counts : Sikaitapi Itsinniiki Telling the Old Stories

Physical Description: 422 pages : illustrations, photographs, portraits (colour and black and white) ; 28 cm

Subjects: Siksika Indians -- Culture; Siksika Indians -- Art; Siksika Indians -- History; Siksika Indians -- Folklore; Siksika language; Siksika Indians -- Antiquities; Kainah Indians -- Culture; Kainah Indians -- Art; Kainah Indians -- History; Kainah Indians -- Folklore; Kainah Indians -- Antiquities; Piegan Indians -- Culture; Piegan Indians -- Art; Piegan Indians -- History; Piegan Indians -- Folklore; Piegan Indians -- Antiquities; Indians of North America -- History

Contents: Acknowledgements -- Forward -- Illustrations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Keeper of the Winter Counts -- Chapter 3 The Winter Counts -- Chapter 4 Early Days -- Chapter 5 Arrival from the South -- Chapter 6 Shifting Tides and the Beginning of Change -- Chapter 7 The Treaties Begin -- Chapter 8 Agencies -- Chapter 9 No More Buffalo and New Chiefs -- Chapter 10 Smal Victories -- Appendix 1 Tribal Names & Dates Collection -- Appendix 2 The Great Wars -- Bibliography -- Index