A history of the Osage people / Louis F. Burns
- Author
- Burns, Louis F.
- Published
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2004]
- Copyright Date
- ©2004
- Edition
- [New ed.].
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 576 pages) : maps
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- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- The ascent of the Osage People, 1200-1803 -- Eroding the Osage civilization, 1803-1850 -- Facing the four horsemen, 1850-1865 -- The Euro-American affliction, 1865-1875 -- The road to accommodation, 1875-1906 -- Standing in two worlds, 1906-1989.
- Summary
- Traces 400 years of Osage culture from prehistoric times to the group's current status as an officially recognized tribe. Osage traditional lands are located in mid continental America encompassed by the present-day states of Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Major waterways through these lands and the defensible terrain of the Ozark range provided the tribe a distinct advantage in prehistoric and early historic times. A warlike people, the Osage long encroached on neighboring tribal lands, especially those of the Caddo to the southwest. Yet good natural boundaries and centuries of suc.
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- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780817382650 (electronic bk.)
0817382658 (electronic bk.)
0817313192 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780817313197 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0817350187 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780817350185 (pbk. ; alk. paper) - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Form of work
- Bibliography
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-539) and index.
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