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Post by Gary on Jan 12, 2024 6:30:57 GMT -5
Thank you.
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Post by Gary on Jan 4, 2024 12:06:51 GMT -5
In his two volume work on the Cheyennes (p.44), Grinnell mentions a fight with Pawnees in which White Frog's wife fought off an enemy who attacked her. Does anyone know the source? I'm guessing that the story came from George Bent, but I can't see anything about it in his letters. I think that there were two White Frogs with whom George Bent was in touch. Is that right?
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Post by Gary on Jul 16, 2023 14:38:34 GMT -5
I've just finished 'White Swan'. Great stuff. Very interesting. Exceptional research.
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Post by Gary on Jul 14, 2023 9:40:03 GMT -5
I have sent you a message about this.
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Post by Gary on Jul 13, 2023 16:41:21 GMT -5
I am the EWS editor and hold copies of the Society's publications. We have a limited stock of the book available. It's usually £15, including postage, in the UK, or $30, also including postage, outside the UK. At the moment however we are offering it for 20% off, so it's £12 or $24, still including postage. If anyone is interested in a copy, they can contact me at gary1wotapio@gmail.com.
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Post by Gary on Jul 13, 2023 15:49:06 GMT -5
'A Sacred Circle - The Southern Cheyenne World as Revealed by the Little Chief Ledger Painting' by Philip Robinson This recent publication from the English Westerners' Society is a detailed study of a Cheyenne ledger painting in the National Museum of the American Indian. Philip Robinson analyses and interprets this important image traditionally attributed to Little Chief, but now generally believed to have been created by Chief Killer. The painting is reproduced in colour in the book. A5 Paperback, 114 pages, including illustrations, notes and index.
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Post by Gary on Jul 6, 2023 14:24:31 GMT -5
I think that most Cheyennes who are knowledgeable on the subject discount the claim that Buffalo Calf Road Woman killed Custer. I don't think that there's any evidence that she fought at the LBH, let alone killed Custer.
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Post by Gary on Dec 21, 2022 8:47:20 GMT -5
Some very interesting things. Thank you.
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Post by Gary on Dec 16, 2022 13:26:28 GMT -5
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Post by Gary on Dec 16, 2022 11:45:34 GMT -5
According to the Facebook page for the Newberry - McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies, Father Powell died yesterday. He was 94.
The notice reads:
The McNickle Center was very sad to learn that Father Peter J. Powell passed away today. Father Powell has been a senior research fellow at the Newberry and was a well-known scholar, ethnohistorian, author, and Anglican priest. His contributions to the Newberry and Native community of Chicago date back more than 50 years. His influence on the activities of the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies since its founding in 1972 is profound.
Father Powell devoted his life to Indigenous people. After serving as Priest in Charge at the Holy Cross-Immanuel Church, Chicago, from 1953 to 1954 and Priest in Charge at St. Timothy's Church, Chicago, from 1953 to 1961, Father Powell founded St. Augustine’s Center for American Indians, Chicago, in 1961. St. Augustine’s provided casework and supportive services for the city's Native American community. By 2006, when intensive casework and counseling services were discontinued, three generations and more than 6,000 Native American families and individuals had been served.
He also had a long-standing relationship with the Northern Cheyenne Nation, where he spent summers since 1955. Father Powell’s current scholarly work, a study of Northern Cheyenne ledger art, was just completed and will be published posthumously. His most recently published book was In Sun’s Likeness and Power (University of Nebraska Press, 2013). His book People of the Sacred Mountain won both the 1982 National Book Award in History and the Anisfield-World Award in Race Relations. Other works include To Honor the Crow People: Crow Indian Art from the Goelet and Edith Gallatin Collection of American Indian Art (general editor); The Killing of Morning Star's People; and Sweet Medicine: The Continuing Role of the Sacred Arrows, the Sun Dance, and the Sacred Buffalo Hat in Northern Cheyenne History.
We will dearly miss Father Powell’s joyful presence in the library, his deep commitment to scholarship, and his genuine care for the Native community and Native scholarship.
Sad news.
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Post by Gary on Dec 12, 2022 11:59:11 GMT -5
Mine has arrived today. It looks very good. I can't wait to read it.
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Post by Gary on Nov 15, 2022 11:11:53 GMT -5
Great stuff Graham. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Gary on Nov 3, 2022 18:29:14 GMT -5
Great news! Thanks for letting us know.
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Post by Gary on Nov 3, 2022 12:00:15 GMT -5
I finally got a copy and it looks very good. I came back with a small suitcase full of books, so I have not yet started on this one.
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Post by Gary on Nov 3, 2022 11:58:25 GMT -5
Any news on this one?
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