In this Book
- One Hundred Summers: A Kiowa Calendar Record
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
summary
Prior to widespread literacy, the Kiowa people recorded their history in pictorial calendars, marking an entry for each summer and each winter. One Hundred Summers presents a recently discovered calendar, created by the Kiowa master artist Silver Horn. Covering the period from 1828 to 1928, the pictures trace Kiowa experiences from buffalo to biplanes, from horse raiding to World War I service, offering an indigenous perspective on a critical period of Kiowa history. The calendar, now housed at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, is reproduced in full color in this book.
Weaving together information from archival sources, community memories, and a close reading of the pictures themselves, Candace S. Greene frames and clarifies this uniquely Native American perspective on Southern Plains history during an era of great political, economic, and cultural pressures. A rare window on a century of Kiowa life, One Hundred Summers is also an invaluable contribution to the indigenous history of North America.
Beautifully produced with sixty-five color plates and twenty-five black & white images, this volume includes appendices featuring a wealth of unpublished primary source material on other Kiowa calendars and a glossary by a native Kiowa speaker.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- Illustrations
- p. vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvii
- Note on Language
- p. xix
- 1. The Kiowa Calendar Tradition
- pp. 1-24
- 3. The University of Oklahoma Calendar
- pp. 39-194
- Kiowa Glossary and Guide to Pronunciation
- pp. 195-202
- Appendix A: Little Bluff Calendar Text
- pp. 203-220
- Appendix B: Hauvahte Calendar Text
- pp. 221-236
- Appendix C: Other Kiowa Calendars
- pp. 237-240
- Bibliography
- pp. 247-252
Additional Information
ISBN
9780803222656
MARC Record
OCLC
316765759
Pages
237
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No