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.