Bücher von Hugh A. Dempsey

"The Vengeful Wife is an important contribution to American Indian studies and an exemplary treatment of oral tradition as history. It furthermore conveys a wisdom that speaks through the ages."-American Indian QuarterlyThe Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories by historian Hugh A. Dempsey presents tales from the Blackfoot tribe of the plains of northern Montana and southern Alberta. Drawn from Dempsey's fifty years of interviewing tribal elders and sifting through archives, the stories are about warfare, hunting, ceremonies, sexuality, the supernatural, and captivity, and they reflect the Blackfoot worldview and beliefs.Hugh A. Dempsey, Chief Curator Emeritus of the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta, is the author of Crowfoot: Chief of the Blackfeet and The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories. A longtime editor of Alberta History, Dempsey is an honorary chief of the Blood tribe of the Blackfoot.

Now in paperback. In this book, the compilers have brought together more than 1,800 references to literature relating to the Blackfoot. About one third of the citations are annotated, and an author index and a general index simplify the utilization of this valuable resource tool.

Hugh Dempsey has for decades been one of Alberta's most prolific and influential public historians. This title recounts his varied careers as journalist, government publicity writer, popular historian, archivist and museum administrator, speaker, and lecturer. It offers an account of his childhood in Edmonton in the 1930's.