Riding Buffaloes and Broncos: Rodeo and Native Traditions in the Northern Great Plains de Allison Fuss Mellis - 2003-04-26

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. First Edition / First Printing . Cloth - Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 266 pages. Dust jacket is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve.

University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Quantity Available: 1. Category: American Indians; ISBN: 0806135190. ISBN/EAN: 9780806135199. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24010. . 9780806135199

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 266 pages, maps, photos. "Reveals how northern Plains Indians have used rodeo to strengthen tribal and intertribal ties and Native solidarity. Features numerous photographs of Indian rodeos from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and maps illustrating the all-Indian rodeo circuit in the United States and Canada.".

Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma, 2003. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. ISBN: 0-8061-3519-0. Indexed. Blurbs: Peter Iverson, L.G. Moses b/w photos. fine, fine dj, tan cloth & bds. Clean, tight, giftable! 266 pgs

Norman, Ok: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st edition, 1st printing. Dust jacket now housed in archival quality cover. Mellis is the first to write about rodeo in the northern Great Plains in detail. She clearly presents how and why specific Indian reservations participated in rodeo and highlights the development of key gatherings such as the Crow Fair. A very nice copy in near mint condition.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine and tan speckled paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 266pp. Illustrations, map. Fine/fine. An absolutely pristine first edition.

Apr 26, 2003. New. Hardcover new book, still sealed in plastic, excellent condition! ds.

Hardcover. new. After his remarkable eight-second ride at the 1996 Indian National Finals Rodeo, an elated American Indian world champion bullrider from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, threw his cowboy hat in the air. Everyone in the almost exclusively Indian audience erupted in applause. Over the course of the twentieth century, rodeos have joined tribal fairs and powwows as events where American Indians gather to celebrate community and equestrian competition. In Riding Buffaloes and Broncos, Allison Fuss Mellis reveals how northern Plains Indians have used rodeo to strengthen tribal and intertribal ties and Native solidarity.In the late nineteenth century, Indian agents outlawed most traditional Native gatherings but allowed rodeo, which they viewed as a means to assimilate Indians into white culture. Mistakenly, they treated rodeo as nothing more than a demonstration of ranching skills. Yet through selective adaptation, northern Plains horsemen and audiences used rodeo to sidestep federally… Leer más

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