The People of the Buffalo (vol. 2)

The Silent Memorials: Artefacts as Cultural and Historical Documents

Essays in Honor of John C. Ewers

The contents of volume 2:

D. Halaas/A. Masich: Colin Taylor. An Obituary.

Colin F. Taylor: Foreword: Studying the North American Plains Indian

John C. Ewers: Sacred Silhouettes: Rawhide Effigies of the Plains Indians

Ted Brasser: The Wanderings of an Artist: Paul Kane Unmasked

Arni Brownstone: Bear Chief’s War Deed Tipi

Allen Chronister: Berlandier’s Comanche Game Bag, Revisited

Carolyn Corey: Coveted Stripes: The History and Use of Trade Cloth by the Plains Indians, ca 1800-1900

L. James Dempsey: Blackfeet Painted Panels of Glacier National Park

Paula Fleming: Photographing the Plains Indians: Ridgway Glover at Forts Laramie and Phil Kearny 1866

Candace S. Green: Fort Marion and the Florida Boys. Rethinking the Named Indian Artist

James Hanson: When the Beads Changed

Mary A. Helland: Picking up Ewers’ Trail. Fort Peck Reservation Assiniboines

Joyce Herold: Lakota Horse Masks

George P. Horse Capture: From Reservation to Museum: The Travels of a Native American Ethnographer

Michael Johnson: Wanata’s Costume in Edinburgh: An Early Example of Yanktonai Sioux Ceremonial Costume?

John Painter: Moths and the Plains Indian: Their fascinating Connection

Fraser J. Pakes: Dentalium and Plains Aesthetics

Laura Peers: Talking to the Old Ones: Rethinking Plains Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Joanna Scherer & Vicki Simon: The Red Cloud’s Manikin and His Uncle’s Shirt; Historical Representation in the Museum as Seen through Photo Analysis.

William R. Swagerty: Indian Trade Blankets: History and Symbolism of a Unique North American Tradition

Colin F. Taylor: Woven Quillwork: Distribution and Style

Furthermore: Future Studies of the Plains Indian: A Research Compendium and Ongoing Studies

Nancy Ann Fonicello: The Identification of Historic Dyes for Porcupine Quillwork

Neil Gilbert: The Saffron Walden Hair-Fringed Shirt

Riku Hämäläinen: A Forgotten Comanche Shield? Highlight of My Research Work

Alessio Martella: My Researches on Plains Indian Symbolism

Lea Zuyderhoudt: Shaping the Present. Stories on the Past in Contemporary Blackfoot Communities

Cover image and description: Winfield Coleman: Issiwun. The Cheyenne’s Sacred Hat, 256 pp, ca 160 b/w & color figs. Big format. Softbound.

ISBN 3-89510-102-8

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