Shared Symbols, Contested Meanings : : Gros Ventre Culture and History, 1778–1984 / / Loretta Fowler.

Fort Belknap reservation in Montana is home to both the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Indian tribes. The two thousand inhabitants of the reservation recognize an array of symbols—political, ritual, and sacred—which have meaning and emotional impact for all; yet there is sharp disagreement between the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1987
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps and Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Ways of Being Gros Ventre, 1778-1984
  • 2. The Generation Gap: Interpreting Cultural Revival
  • 3. Who Was Here First? Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Interpretations of History
  • Conclusions
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index