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Letters and Notes of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, Vol. 1Entry/Object ID
L2019.13.112Description
Letters and Notes of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. Volume I, In 1832 George Catlin set out on a journey into North America. He traveled widely across the western frontier to meet and live with some of the most remote Native American tribes. During this period Native Americans were under severe pressure as the U.S. government was implementing policies which forced many of them off their ancestral lands and onto reservations west of the Mississippi River. Catlin's collection of letters are a study of the forty-eight different tribes that he spent time with. His work provides a depiction of how various Native Americans lived, covering their homes, their weapons, their stories and jokes, their religious beliefs, how they treated the dead, their appearances, their celebrations and ceremonies. Volume I, covers Catlin's journey among the peoples of the Great Plains, including the Crow, Blackfeet and Mandan tribes.
264/Hardcover/Green/Box set containing two books/Illustrations/MapsCollection
Robidoux Collection by Hugh LewisLexicon
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
American Fur Company, Blackfeet, Lewis & Clark, Mandans, Native American, Rocky Mountains, St. Louis, Missouri, SiouxBook Details
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Catlin, GeoPlace Published
City
MinneapolisState/Province
MinnesotaDate Published
1965Call No.
Robidoux CANotes
Copy No.: 1Relationships
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Person or Organization
Pierre ChouteauPerson or Organization
J. KippPerson or Organization
Catlin, George