After suffering incarceration in present-day Oklahoma, the Northern Cheyennes decided they would rather risk death by trying to return to their homeland than languish in Indian Territory. During their epic journey homeward in 1878-1879, they suffered great losses, but a small group of survivors reached its destination in southeastern Montana and eventually won the right to a reservation there. A Northern Cheyenne Album presents a rare series of never-before-published photographs that document the lives of tribal people on the reservation during the early twentieth century.A record of an all-but-forgotten generation, this volume is also a tribute to the Northern Cheyenne elders whose resilience and adaptability helped ensure the future of their people.

A Northern Cheyenne Album: Photographs by Thomas B. Marquis

Arts & Photography

Marquis, Thomas Bailey

Liberty, Margot

Woodenlegs, John

Individual Artists

Univ of Oklahoma Pr

A hard cover copy by Thomas B Marquis that features 4 narrations by Cheyenne people in different roles. The book also talks Cheyenne home life, the low incidence of crime, marriage and divorce customs.

Cheyennes of Montana

History

Reference Pubns

Keep the Last Bullet for Yourself

Americas

<p>Thomas Bailey Marquis (1869-1935), was a physician with the Cheyenne Indian Reservation at Lamedeer, Montana. He went there from Missouri in the early 1900's and stayed until his death. He wrote several books based on his interviews of Indians in that territory. One of his most famous was "Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer" which is about the life of a Northern Cheyenne Indian, Wooden Leg, who fought in several historic battles between United States forces and the Plains Indians, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where he faced the troops of George Armstrong Custer. The book was dictated to Marquis by Wooden Leg in Indian Sign Language, their only common language. Marquis devoted more than 14 years to gathering information from the only witnesses to the Last Stand, the old-time Indians themselves. In 1931, Marquis wrote six booklets dealing with various phases of Custer's last battle which have been combined in this edition.</p>

Custer on the Little Bighorn

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