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"We Belong to the Land!": Revisiting Black Oklahoma Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Kalenda Eaton
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: “We Belong to the Land!”Revisiting Black Oklahoma Kalenda Eaton, Guest Editor This special issue is devoted to undertold stories about Black experience in Oklahoma. The contributions reflect the resilience and determination of people tied to the land and its history. Over the past few years, the state of Oklahoma has experienced a renaissance
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Freedmen Settlements of Indian Territory and Three Freedmen Community Clusters Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Angela Walton-Raji
Abstract: A lot of attention has been focused on the all-Black towns in Oklahoma established two decades after the Civil War. However, missing from the story of Black life on the frontier are overlooked Freedmen communities established earlier. These were not incorporated towns but were thriving communities where enslaved people in Indian Territory lived for generations. These small yet significant
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From Blood Quantum to Liquid Gold: Black Creeks and Oklahoma's First Resource Curse Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Russell Cobb
Abstract: This article investigates one of the most litigated and controversial court cases over Dawes enrollments in Oklahoma history from the perspective of Sally Atkins (1855–1924). Atkins, born into slavery in Missouri, married into an estelvste (African Creek) family in Indian Territory after the Civil War. Atkins migrated to Canada following statehood but was drawn back to Oklahoma by 1917. She
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A Literary History of Josie Craig Berry and Her Communities, 1917–1955 Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Jeanetta Calhoun Mish
Abstract: Black Americans settled in Oklahoma beginning in the 1830s; the first Black settlers were often people enslaved by Native nations. Despite the long-time Black presence in Oklahoma and the establishment of All-Black towns and thriving middle-class communities in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Ralph Ellison is the only Black writer publishing before 1940 who is commonly associated with the state
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Digital Greenwood: Foregrounding Black Women Business Owners, Community Activism, and the Tulsa Race Massacre Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Brandy Thomas Wells
Abstract: African American women helped make Historic Greenwood into the thriving community popularly known as “Black Wall Street.” Despite their rich and varied contributions as business owners and operators and church and community activists, their experiences are frequently ignored in historical and contemporary narratives. Women of Black Wall Street (WBWS), a digital humanities project released
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Political Engagement for Racial Uplift in Place: The Purposive Work of Black Women Leaders of Black Towns Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Karla Slocum
Abstract: In public portrayals of the history of Oklahoma’s rural Black towns, the iconic image of the towns’ political leadership is an upper middle-class Black man. Such an image has been especially reinforced by the widespread circulation of a photo, circa 1908, of Boley, Oklahoma’s town councilmen suited up in formal attire as prominent businessmen leading the town governance and deemed emblematic
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Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge, with Owl and Eagle Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Cara Chamberlain
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge, with Owl and Eagle Cara Chamberlain (bio) We haven’t even brought snacks for our drive to the prairie northwest of Billings. We’ve been out a lot longer than we thought we’d be, and we’re hungry, Bernie and Luke the Dog and I. It is 8:30 p.m., and after rain and clouds all day, the sun has finally slipped
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Hugh Lenox Scott, 1853–1934: Reluctant Warrior by Armand S. La Potin (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Brad D. Lookingbill
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Hugh Lenox Scott, 1853–1934: Reluctant Warrior by Armand S. La Potin Brad D. Lookingbill Hugh Lenox Scott, 1853–1934: Reluctant Warrior. By Armand S. La Potin. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2021. 259 pp. Maps, photos, notes, bibliography, index. $24.95 paper. Armand S. La Potin, an emeritus professor of history at
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Massacring Indians: From Horseshoe Bend to Wounded Knee by Roger L. Nichols (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Tash Smith
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Massacring Indians: From Horseshoe Bend to Wounded Knee by Roger L. Nichols Tash Smith Massacring Indians: From Horseshoe Bend to Wounded Knee. By Roger L. Nichols. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2021. ix + 184 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $24.95 paper. Central to Roger Nichols’s Massacring Indians
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Warrior Spirit: The Story of Native American Patriotism and Heroism by Herman J. Viola (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Steven M. Fountain
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Warrior Spirit: The Story of Native American Patriotism and Heroism by Herman J. Viola Steven M. Fountain Warrior Spirit: The Story of Native American Patriotism and Heroism. By Herman J. Viola. Foreword by Debra K. Mooney. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2022. ix + 149 pp. Illustrations, contributors, index. $19.95
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Across the West and Toward the North: Norwegian and American Landscape Photography ed. by Shannon Egan and Marthe Tolnes Fjellestad (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-29 William Wyckoff
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Across the West and Toward the North: Norwegian and American Landscape Photography ed. by Shannon Egan and Marthe Tolnes Fjellestad William Wyckoff Across the West and Toward the North: Norwegian and American Landscape Photography. Edited by Shannon Egan and Marthe Tolnes Fjellestad. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press
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Signing Dynamics of the Signature Rocks Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Conrad Rudolph, Jason Weems
Abstract: This article establishes more clearly the character of a significant but not yet fully explained phenomenon of one of the most iconic episodes in American history. From 1839 to 1869, approximately 400,000 Euro-Americans made the overland passage from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of signatures inscribed onto the immense rock formations that
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Building New Fort Kearny, 1848: The Pawnee Nation, William Tappan, and Powell's Missouri Volunteers Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Catherine Nealy Judd
Abstract: In 1847 Congress and President James K. Polk assigned a Missouri militia to build military forts along the Platte River Road. Their first project was the construction of New Fort Kearny near present-day Grand Island, Nebraska. Col. Ledwell Pow-ell's Missouri Volunteers undertook and completed the fort by late spring and early summer of 1848. Utilizing Boston artist and traveler William Henry
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"Phil always did the castrating": Repression and Cowboy Masculinity in Thomas Savage's The Power of the Dog Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Mark Asquith
Abstract: This article offers a reading of Savage's novel that explores the relationship between queerness and the Western. It contextualizes the novel within the shifting social mores of the sixties and shows how the popular character archetype of the "doomed homosexual" aligns with a vision of the "doomed West." It charts how Savage queers familiar Western signifiers—hands (barometers of manliness)
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Historic Designation Planning for the Nicodemus National Historic Site and Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park: A Cross-Case Analysis of Representation in Public Memory, Equity-Based Preservation Planning, and Maintenance Backlogs Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Ashley C. Adams, Alec C. Edges
Abstract: The hidden histories of Black towns from post-Reconstruction, namely Nicodemus, Kansas, and Colonel Allensworth, California, can provide public awareness of the black experience. In this article, we draw upon previous research by the authors to further emphasize and compare designation outcomes related to representation, equity-based preservation planning, and maintenance backlogs issues
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Walks on the Ground: A Tribal History of the Ponca Nation by Louis V. Headman (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Beth R. Ritter
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Walks on the Ground: A Tribal History of the Ponca Nation by Louis V. Headman Beth R. Ritter Walks on the Ground: A Tribal History of the Ponca Nation. By Louis V. Headman. Foreword by Sean O'Neill. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2020. vii + 510 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $90.00 cloth. Respected
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Prairie Bachelor: The Story of a Kansas Homesteader and the Populist Movement by Lynda Beck Fenwick (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Michael J. Hightower
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Prairie Bachelor: The Story of a Kansas Homesteader and the Populist Movement by Lynda Beck Fenwick Michael J. Hightower Prairie Bachelor: The Story of a Kansas Homesteader and the Populist Movement By Lynda Beck Fenwick. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2020. vii + 247 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index
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Borrowing from Our Foremothers: Reexamining the Women's Movement through Material Culture, 1848–2017 by Amy Helene Forss (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Susan Curtis
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Borrowing from Our Foremothers: Reexamining the Women's Movement through Material Culture, 1848–2017 by Amy Helene Forss Susan Curtis Borrowing from Our Foremothers: Reexamining the Women's Movement through Material Culture, 1848–2017. By Amy Helene Forss. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2021. ix + 263 pp. Illustrations
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Years of Rage: White Supremacy in the United States from the Klan to the Alt-Right by D. J. Mulloy (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Elizabeth Theiss-Morse
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Years of Rage: White Supremacy in the United States from the Klan to the Alt-Right by D. J. Mulloy Elizabeth Theiss-Morse Years of Rage: White Supremacy in the United States from the Klan to the Alt-Right. By D. J. Mulloy. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2021. ix + 253 pp. Notes on sources, index. $35.00 cloth. White supremacy
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Dancing for Our Tribe: Potawatomi Tradition in the New Millennium by Sharon Hoogstraten (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Robert E. Lewis Jr.
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Dancing for Our Tribe: Potawatomi Tradition in the New Millennium by Sharon Hoogstraten Robert E. Lewis Jr. Dancing for Our Tribe: Potawatomi Tradition in the New Millennium. By Sharon Hoogstraten. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2022. 304 pp. Maps, illustrations. $80.00 cloth. Over the past decade, Citizen Potawatomi
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Donaciano Vigil: The Life of a Nuevomexicano Soldier, Statesman, and Territorial Governor by Maurilio E. Vigil and Helene Boudreau (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Scott Fritz
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Donaciano Vigil: The Life of a Nuevomexicano Soldier, Statesman, and Territorial Governor by Maurilio E. Vigil and Helene Boudreau Scott Fritz Donaciano Vigil: The Life of a Nuevomexicano Soldier, Statesman, and Territorial Governor. By Maurilio E. Vigil and Helene Boudreau. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2022
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The Oldest Maps of the Great Plains Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Donald J. Blakeslee
Abstract: This essay discusses maps that reflect two very different traditions of cartography. Both, however, derive from the expedition to the Great Plains led by Juan de Oñate in 1601. Archaeological evidence that confirms the location of the Native settlement called Etzanoa, which is shown on both maps, allows revision of prior interpretations of both. That process sheds new light on an old story
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Link to the Past and Prosperity for the Future: Niitsitapi Horse Culture in the Twenty-First Century Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Brandi Bethke
Abstract: Programs of forced settlement and assimilation during the Reservation or Resettlement period disrupted many aspects of Niitsitapi lifeways. At the same time, however, they also strengthened the identity of the Blackfoot people as they resisted absorption into Euro-American culture. This persistence is seen in the continued use of and adoration for horses. While many elements of nomadic life
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The Early Open-Range Cattle Ranching Industry in Nebraska: America's Greatest Farmer Plays a Role Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 H. Jason Combs
Abstract: David Rankin of Tarkio, Missouri, was once referred to as America's greatest farmer. At the time of his death in 1910, Rankin's accomplishments were widely sensationalized in several national publications across the country. Yet little was reported, at the time or since, relating to Rankin's activities in Nebraska's Sandhills in the 1870s and 1880s which had played an integral part in his
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Storms and Swarms: The Role of the US Army Signal Corps' Weather Observers during the Rocky Mountain Locust Plague of the 1870s Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Rebecca Robbins Raines
Abstract: Locust outbreaks have occurred around the world throughout history. But they did not pose a serious problem in the United States until the explosion of westward settlement in the aftermath of the Civil War. An insect known as the Rocky Mountain locust, which became migratory when under environmental stress, was the culprit. Earlier outbreaks had created problems for farmers in the Great Plains
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Letter to Monticello Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Bernard Quetchenbach
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Letter to Monticello Bernard Quetchenbach (bio) Dear Mr. President Thomas Jefferson, It may seem presumptuous to disturb your rest, but I guess you know that the obligations of a founding father are co-extant with the full lifetime of the republic. I'm not expecting a reply. Oh, and please pardon the necessary anachronisms—the distance
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Climate Change: Localizing a Complex Global Issue Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Martha E. Durr
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Climate ChangeLocalizing a Complex Global Issue Martha E. Durr (bio) Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/. Climate Change
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Spotted Tail: Renaissance Man of the Lakota ed. by James A. Hanson (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Tim Trudell
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Spotted Tail: Renaissance Man of the Lakota ed. by James A. Hanson Tim Trudell Spotted Tail: Renaissance Man of the Lakota. Edited by James A. Hanson. Chadron, NE: Museum of the Fur Trade, 2020. viii + 209 pp. Illustrations, maps, contributors, index. $30.00 cloth. Lakota chief Spotted Tail is painted as a pragmatic leader
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All Guns Fired at One Time": Native Voices of Wounded Knee, 1890 ed. by Jerome A. Greene (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Rani-Henrik Andersson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: All Guns Fired at One Time": Native Voices of Wounded Knee, 1890 ed. by Jerome A. Greene Rani-Henrik Andersson "All Guns Fired at One Time": Native Voices of Wounded Knee, 1890. Compiled and edited by Jerome A. Greene. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2020. 360 pp. Illustrations, map, appendix, index. $34.95
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Making History: The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts ed. by Nancy Marie Mithlo (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 David Titterington
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Making History: The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts ed. by Nancy Marie Mithlo David Titterington Making History: The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts. Edited by Nancy Marie Mithlo. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2020. ix + 185 pp. Illustrations, contributors, index. $39.95 paper. We use Making
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Cooperation without Submission: Indigenous Jurisdictions in Native Nation–US Engagements by Justin B. Richland (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Hayden L. Nelson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Cooperation without Submission: Indigenous Jurisdictions in Native Nation–US Engagements by Justin B. Richland Hayden L. Nelson Cooperation without Submission: Indigenous Jurisdictions in Native Nation–US Engagements. By Justin B. Richland. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021. ix + 221 pp. Illustrations, maps, references
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Unburied Lives: The Historical Archaeology of Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Davis, Texas, 1869–1875 by Laurie A. Wilkie (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Ayme J. Swartz
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Unburied Lives: The Historical Archaeology of Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Davis, Texas, 1869–1875 by Laurie A. Wilkie Ayme J. Swartz Unburied Lives: The Historical Archaeology of Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Davis, Texas, 1869–1875. By Laurie A. Wilkie. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2021. ix + 267 pp. Illustrations
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Hoops: A Cultural History of Basketball in America by Thomas Aiello (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Wade Davies
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Hoops: A Cultural History of Basketball in America by Thomas Aiello Wade Davies Hoops: A Cultural History of Basketball in America. By Thomas Aiello. Lanham, MD: Rowan and Littlefield, 2022. ix + 271 pp. Bibliographic essay, index. $34.00 cloth. Sports historians have long hoped for a grand basketball narrative that appeals
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Of Thee I Sing: The Contested History of American Patriotism by Ben Railton (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Brian Whetstone
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Of Thee I Sing: The Contested History of American Patriotism by Ben Railton Brian Whetstone Of Thee I Sing: The Contested History of American Patriotism. By Ben Railton. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2021. ix + 194 pp. Note on sources, index. $36.00 cloth. The tumultuous administration of Donald Trump and ensuing initiatives
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The Mormon Handcart Migration: "Tounge nor pen can never tell the sorrow." by Candy Moulton (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Danae Jacobson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Mormon Handcart Migration: "Tounge nor pen can never tell the sorrow." by Candy Moulton Danae Jacobson The Mormon Handcart Migration: "Tounge nor pen can never tell the sorrow." By Candy Moulton. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2019. ix + 263 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95 cloth. I was
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A Whirlwind Passed Through Our Country: Lakota Voices of the Ghost Dance by Rani-Henrik Andersson (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Elena Tajima Creef
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: A Whirlwind Passed Through Our Country: Lakota Voices of the Ghost Dance by Rani-Henrik Andersson Elena Tajima Creef A Whirlwind Passed Through Our Country: Lakota Voices of the Ghost Dance. By Rani-Henrik Andersson. Foreword by Raymond J. DeMaille. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2018. viii + 401 pp. Illustrations,
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"Each One Was Going to Put the Hand to the Plow and Sow the Precious Gospel Seed": Early Latter-day Saint Missionary Work in North Dakota Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Sean E. Brotherson, Fred E. Woods
Abstract: During the “Dakota Boom” of frontier settlement in the late nineteenth century, the Latter-day Saint faith community first sought to extend its message and establish roots in the northern Great Plains through a short-term religious mission. North Dakota at this time was experiencing the “Dakota Boom,” characterized by significant immigration and establishment of new communities. Multiple
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Memory Anchors in the Great Plains: The Case of the Eagle Café Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Roger C. Aden
Abstract: This article introduces the concept of memory anchors—tangible sites in which a formative portion of a person’s life story is rooted—to illustrate how some place memories remain vivid throughout a person’s lifetime, guide their interactions with others, and provide a foundation for their identity. Memory anchors are no doubt sprinkled across the Great Plains, especially among senior residents
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Interpretation and Ovidian Myth in Alexander's Bridge and O Pioneers! Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Paul Olson
Abstract: This essay describes interpretive strategies widely applied to Ovidian mythic materials during the period of Cather’s early career, especially those operative in Alexander’s Bridge and O Pioneers! The article assumes that widely held conventional interpretations of myths, in this case Ovidian myths, in a specific time and area are part of their semantic content, or iconology, and are tools
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Population Sustainability in Rural Great Plains Towns Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Andrew Husa
Abstract: As researchers look to define a narrative of population decline throughout the region, the rural Great Plains towns that have been able to sustain their populations and attract new residents have seemingly gone unnoticed. This article features case studies from six rural Nebraska towns that address key questions regarding the population sustainability of rural Great Plains towns. Along with
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January Moon: The Northern Cheyenne Breakout from Fort Robinson, 1878–1879 by Jerome A. Greene (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Eric Melvin Reed
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: January Moon: The Northern Cheyenne Breakout from Fort Robinson, 1878–1879 by Jerome A. Greene Eric Melvin Reed January Moon: The Northern Cheyenne Breakout from Fort Robinson, 1878–1879. By Jerome A. Greene. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2020. ix + 319 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $32.95 cloth
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Gender, Race, and Power in the Indian Reform Movement: Revisiting the History of the WNIA ed. by Valerie Sherer Mathes (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Jessica O'Rourke
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Gender, Race, and Power in the Indian Reform Movement: Revisiting the History of the WNIA ed. by Valerie Sherer Mathes Jessica O’Rourke Gender, Race, and Power in the Indian Reform Movement: Revisiting the History of the WNIA. Edited by Valerie Sherer Mathes. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2020. 284 pp. Illustrations
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XIT: The Story of Land, Cattle, and Capital in Texas and Montana by Michael M. Miller (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Kevin Kipers
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: XIT: The Story of Land, Cattle, and Capital in Texas and Montana by Michael M. Miller Kevin Kipers XIT: The Story of Land, Cattle, and Capital in Texas and Montana. By Michael M. Miller. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2020. 288 pp. Illustrations, tables, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95 cloth. In XIT, Michael
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Rodeo as Refuge, Rodeo as Rebellion: Gender, Race, and Identity in the American Rodeo by Elyssa Ford (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Samuel X. Fleischer
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Rodeo as Refuge, Rodeo as Rebellion: Gender, Race, and Identity in the American Rodeo by Elyssa Ford Samuel X. Fleischer Rodeo as Refuge, Rodeo as Rebellion: Gender, Race, and Identity in the American Rodeo .By Elyssa Ford. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2020. 288 pp. Selected bibliography, notes, index. $32.50 paper
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Richard S. Buswell: Fifty Years of Photography by Richard S. Buswell (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Dana Fritz
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Richard S. Buswell: Fifty Years of Photography by Richard S. Buswell Dana Fritz Richard S. Buswell: Fifty Years of Photography. By Richard S. Buswell. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2020. 112 pp. Illustrations. $29.95 cloth. Richard S. Buswell: Fifty Years of Photography directs readers to look back at his oeuvre
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Country of the Cursed and the Driven: Slavery and the Texas Borderlands by Paul Barba (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Floyd William Holder IV
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Country of the Cursed and the Driven: Slavery and the Texas Borderlands by Paul Barba Floyd William Holder IV Country of the Cursed and the Driven: Slavery and the Texas Borderlands. By Paul Barba. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2021. 474 pp. Maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $65.00 cloth. I am a fan of the
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Cinematic Comanches: The Lone Ranger in the Media Borderlands by Dustin Tahmahkera (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Kerry Fine
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Cinematic Comanches: The Lone Ranger in the Media Borderlands by Dustin Tahmahkera Kerry Fine Cinematic Comanches: The Lone Ranger in the Media Borderlands. By Dustin Tahmahkera. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022. 288 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, filmography, index. $35.00 paper. In his new study
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Intimate Integration: A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship by Allyson Stevenson (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Dian Million (Tanana)
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Intimate Integration: A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship by Allyson Stevenson Dian Million (Tanana) Intimate Integration: A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship .By Allyson Stevenson. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2020. 314 pp. Illustrations
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A Life on Fire: Oklahoma's Kate Barnard by Connie Cronley (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Michelle M. Martin
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: A Life on Fire: Oklahoma’s Kate Barnard by Connie Cronley Michelle M. Martin A Life on Fire: Oklahoma’s Kate Barnard. By Connie Cronley. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2021. ix + 295 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index. $26.95 paper. The American Progressive Era created unlikely heroes and heroines of
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This Land Is Herland: Gendered Activism in Oklahoma from the 1870s to the 2010s ed. by Sara Eppler Janda and Patricia Loughlin (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Julie McCown
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: This Land Is Herland: Gendered Activism in Oklahoma from the 1870s to the 2010s ed. by Sara Eppler Janda and Patricia Loughlin Julie McCown This Land Is Herland: Gendered Activism in Oklahoma from the 1870s to the 2010s. Edited by Sara Eppler Janda and Patricia Loughlin. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2021. ix + 281
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What Is a Western? Region, Genre, Imagination by Josh Garrett-Davis (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Christopher Hickman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: What Is a Western? Region, Genre, Imagination by Josh Garrett-Davis Christopher Hickman What Is a Western? Region, Genre, Imagination. By Josh Garrett-Davis. Foreword by Patricia Nelson Limerick. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2019. ix + 161 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $24.95 paper. Josh Garrett-Davis’s What Is
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Aeschylus and the Frontier: John G. Neihardt's Translation of Portions of Aeschylus's Agamemnon Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Theodore Tarkow
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Aeschylus and the FrontierJohn G. Neihardt's Translation of Portions of Aeschylus's Agamemnon Theodore Tarkow (bio) The Trojan War on the American Frontier Over two millennia separate John G. Neihardt and Aeschylus, but their legacies and their importance for both professional and general audiences align in 451 lines of Aeschylus's Agamemnon
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The Bone Hunters: New Visions of an Ossified Past Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Casey Pallister
Abstract: During and following the decimation of the North American bison herds in the late nineteenth century, bison bones became a significant yet short-lived extracted resource. This article argues that while the gathering of bones on the prairies represents the endpoint of the once great herds, the story of bone hunting also aligns with industrial and settler colonial histories. Bone hunting proved
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Imagining Skyscrapers in a Wheat Field: Regionalism and Cold War Development in the Texas High Plains Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Brian M. Ingrassia
Abstract: In the 1950s, Amarillo, Texas, was a sprawling, Cold War boomtown with an Air Force base and nuclear-weapons assembly plant. In this context, John Lawton McCarty, a legendary newspaperman and regional historian who first became famous for the "Last Man's Club" he formed during the Dust Bowl, purchased a square-mile section of land on the edge of the city, which he intended to turn into a
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C. A. Sorensen's Fight for American Neutrality, Civil Liberty, and Social Justice in Nebraska, 1912–1924 Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Frank H. W. Edler
Abstract: This article seeks to remedy a neglected portion of Christian Abraham Sorensen's biography by focusing on his younger years during and after World War I. In doing so, this work will also add to the history of progressivism in Nebraska. As a lifelong progressive Republican—an oxymoron in today's political idiom—Sorensen, father of Ted Sorensen of the Kennedy administration, was the oldest
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Making a Difference: My Fight for Native Rights and Social Justice by Ada Deer (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Allyson Stevenson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Making a Difference: My Fight for Native Rights and Social Justice by Ada Deer Allyson Stevenson Making a Difference: My Fight for Native Rights and Social Justice. By Ada Deer, with Theda Perdue. Foreword by Charles Wilkinson. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2019. ix + 189 pp. Illustrations, index. $26.95 cloth. Scholars
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Hardship, Greed, and Sorrow: An Officer's Photo Album of 1866 New Mexico Territory by Devorah Romanek (review) Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Liza Black
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Hardship, Greed, and Sorrow: An Officer's Photo Album of 1866 New Mexico Territory by Devorah Romanek Liza Black Hardship, Greed, and Sorrow: An Officer's Photo Album of 1866 New Mexico Territory. By Devorah Romanek. Preface by Daniel Kosharek. Foreword by Jennifer Nez Denetdale. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2019
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