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A sacred people : indigenous governance, traditional leadership, and the warriors of the Cheyenne nation /

Killsback, Leo,

A sacred people : indigenous governance, traditional leadership, and the warriors of the Cheyenne nation / Leo K. Killsback. - xlii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Plains histories. . - Plains histories. .

"Part one of a two-volume set,..."--Back cover. "In two volumes, A Sacred people and A Sovereign people, Killsback, a citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, reconstructs and rekindles an ancient Cheyenne world -- ways of living and thinking that became sacualities of colonization and force assimilation."--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references [pages 271-279] and index.

"An examination of the pre-contact oral tradition of the Native American Cheyenne Nation, from a Cheyenne perspective"--

9781682830352 1682830357

2019032082


Cheyenne Indians--Politics and government.
Cheyenne Indians--Social life and customs.
Cheyenne Indians--History.

E99 .C53 / K49 2020

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