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Colonialism on the Prairies - Blackfoot Settlement and Cultural Transformation, 1870-1920 (Paperback)
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Colonialism on the Prairies - Blackfoot Settlement and Cultural Transformation, 1870-1920 (Paperback)
Series: First Nations and the Colonial Encounter
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This book spans a century in the history of the Blackfoot First
Nations of present-day Montana and Alberta. It maps out specific
ways in which Blackfoot culture persisted amid the drastic
transformations of colonisation, with its concomitant forced
assimilation in both Canada and the United States. It portrays the
strategies and tactics adopted by the Blackfoot in order to
navigate political, cultural and social change during the hard
transition from traditional life-ways to life on reserves and
reservations. Cultural continuity is the thread that binds the four
case studies presented, encompassing Blackfoot sacred beliefs and
ritual; dress practices; the transmission of knowledge; and the
relationship between oral stories and contemporary fiction.
Blackfoot voices emerge forcefully from the extensive array of
primary and secondary sources consulted, resulting in an inclusive
history wherein Blackfoot and non-Blackfoot scholarship enter into
dialogue. Blanca Tovias combines historical research with literary
criticism, a strategy that is justified by the interrelationship
between Blackfoot history and the stories from their oral
tradition. Chapters devoted to examining cultural continuity
discuss the ways in which oral stories continue to inspire
contemporary Native American fiction. This interdisciplinary study
is a celebration of Blackfoot culture and knowledge that seeks to
revalourise the past by documenting Blackfoot resistance and
persistence across a wide spectrum of cultural practice. The volume
is essential reading for all scholars working in the fields of
Native American studies, colonial and postcolonial history,
ethnology and literature.
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