Kris Rickard - The People and Culture of the Arapaho

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Rickard, Kris A., author. | Bial, Raymond, co-author.
Title: The people and culture of the Arapaho / Kris Rickard and Raymond Bial.
Description: New York : Cavendish Square Publishing, [2017] | Series: First people of North America | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016037428 (print) | LCCN 2016038398 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781502622532 (library bound) | ISBN 9781502622549 (E-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Arapaho Indians--History--Juvenile literature. | Arapaho Indians--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature. | Arapaho Indians--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC E99.A7 R53 2017 (print) | LCC E99.A7 (ebook) |
DDC 978.004/97354--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016037428

Editorial Director: David McNamara
Editor: Kristen Susienka
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Production Coordinator: Karol Szymczuk
Photo Research: J8 Media

The photographs in this book are used by permission and through the courtesy of: Cover, Gerhard Sisters/Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty Images; p. 6 HPratt/Own work/File: Harvey Pratt.JPG/Wikimedia Commons/public domain; pp. 8, 13, 33, 56-57, 58-59, 60-61, 70, 79 Raymond Bial; p. 10 Kmusser/Self-made using the National Atlas/File: WindriverIRmap.png/Wikimedia Commons/CCA-SA 2.5 Generic; pp. 14, 32, 54-55, Marilyn Angel Wynn/NativeStock/Getty Images; p. 15 William S. Soule (1836-1908)/Retrieved from National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, SPC BAE 3912-B Vol. 1 01156800 ( http://siris archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!39170~!4 ) Wilbur Sturtevant Nye, Plains Indian raiders: the final phases of warfare from the Arkansas to the Red River, with original photographs by William S. Soule. University of Oklahoma Press, 1st edition, 1968, ISBN 0806111755, p339/File: William S. Soule - Arapaho camp1.jpg/Wikimedia Commons/public domain; pp. 16-17 NativeStock/North Wind Picture Archives; pp. 20-21, 24 North Wind Picture Archives; p. 22 Joel Sartore/National Geographic/ Getty Images; p. 28 Frank Rinehart (1861-1928)/Boston Public Library ( http://www.flickr.com/people/24029425@N06 ) BPLDC no.: 09_06_000014. Rinehart no.: 799. Retrieved from: Little Chief, Arapahoe ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/4101515606/ ) on Flickr/File: Little Chief, Arapahoe.jpg/Wikimedia Commons/CCA 2.0 Generic; p. 30 Internet Archive Book Images ( https://www.flickr.com/people/126377022@ N07)/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14777318531/Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/generalguide45amer/ generalguide45amer#page/n134/mode/1up/File: General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History.jpg (1911) (14777318531)/Wikimedia Commons/public domain; pp. 31, 45, 82 Soule, William S. (William Stinson), 1836-1908, Photographer (NARA record: 8464480 ( https://research.archives.gov/person/8464 480))/U.S. National Archives and Records Administration/File: Arapaho camp with buffalo meat drying near Fort Dodge, Kansas, 1870 - NARA - 518892.tif, NARA - 520069.jpg , NARA - 518894.jpg/Wikimedia Commons/public domain; p. 36 John De Bord/Shutterstock.com; p. 37 Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA/Brooklyn Museum Collection/Bridgeman Images; pp. 42, 67, 73 NativeStock; pp. 46-47 Historical Art Collection (HAC)/Alamy Stock Photo; pp. 50-51 Brent Hofacker/Shutterstockcom; p. 52 Lt. J.W Abert/ http://klesinger.com/jbp/picts/bentsft1.jpg/File : Beol 1845.jpg/Wikimedia Commons/public domain; pp. 64-65 Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images; pp. 76-77 Leemage/Corbis/Getty Images; p. 87 Private Collection/Peter Newark American Pictures/Bridgeman Images; (top photo) Plazak at English Wikipedia/Own work (Original caption: I (Plazak (talk)) created this work entirely by myself)/File: SandCreekCO.jpg/ Wikimedia Commons/CCA-SA 3.0; (bottom photo) p. 90 Karl Gehring/The Denver Post/Getty Images; pp. 93, 110 Andy Cross/The Denver Post/ Getty Images; p. 98 Invictus SARL/Alamy Stock Photo; p. 101 Eastcott/Momatiuk/The Image Works; p. 104-105 Luc Novovitch/Alamy Stock Photo; p. 106 Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images; p. 108 jondoig / http://www.flickr.com/photos/33586453@N03/4040968850/File : Margaret Behan 350.jpg/Wikimedia Commons/CCA 2.0 Generic; p. 112 Maryann Groves/ North Wind Picture Archives; p. 113 Uyvsdi/Own work/File: Carl sweezy 1904.jpg/Wikimedia Commons/public domain.

This book would not have been possible without the generous help of many individuals and organizations that have dedicated themselves to honoring the customs of the Arapaho.

We would like to thank in particular Cavendish Square Publishing and all who contributed to finding photos and other materials for publication. Finally, we would like to thank our families and friends for their encouragement and support along our writing journey.

Telling Stories Bison Path People One Becomes Two The Land and Her People

Families and Bands Shelter from the Storm The Importance of Horses

Life Cycle War Recipe Hunters and Gatherers Clothes and Accessories Arts and Crafts

The Creator and Medicine Bundles Sacred Ceremonies Fun and Games The Storytellers

The Traders The Warriors The Reservations Arapaho Language Arts

Arapaho Lands and Resources Arapaho Government Preserving the Culture

Margaret Behan Black Bear Sherman Coolidge Viola Hatch Left Hand Little Raven Carl Sweezy

At the dawn of the twentieth century, Native Americans were thought to be a vanishing race. However, despite four hundred years of warfare, deprivation, and disease, Native Americans have not gone away. Countless thousands have lost their lives, but over the course of the twentieth century the populations of Native tribes grew tremendously. Even as Native Americans struggle to adapt to modern Western life, they have also kept the flame of their traditions alivethe language, religion, stories, and the everyday ways of life. An exhilarating renaissance in Native American culture is now sweeping the nation from coast to coast.