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Review Of For All Those Pupils Whose Lives Touched Mine, Courtney Vaughn-Roberson
Review Of For All Those Pupils Whose Lives Touched Mine, Courtney Vaughn-Roberson
Great Plains Quarterly
For All Those Pupils Whose Lives Touched Mine, by Stella Gipson Polk, is a touching autobiography that tempts the reader by offering only a glimpse into the author's life. It is a series of vignettes primarily about Stella and the school children who, from 1918 to 1965, she taught and nurtured in several one-room country schools on the West Texas prairie. Thus, the book's organization flows from Stella's own remembrances, includes few pointedly personal insights about the author, and evades self-aggrandizement.
Coronado, Quivira, And Kansas: An Archeologist's View, Waldo R. Weldel
Coronado, Quivira, And Kansas: An Archeologist's View, Waldo R. Weldel
Great Plains Quarterly
Four hundred and forty-nine years ago this summer, the Kansas prairies were visited for the first time by white men. These were a select group of Spanish adventurers from Mexico led by a thirty-year-old nobleman by the name of Francisco Vazquez de Coronado. Francisco was a lad of eleven years when Hernando Cortez looted the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City, and sent back to Spain a vast treasure in gold, silver, and precious stones. One of several younger sons, and thus denied by the rule of primogeniture from inheriting any significant share of the family patrimony, Francisco followed …
The Contest For The "Nile Of America": Kansas V. Colorado (1907), James E. Sherow
The Contest For The "Nile Of America": Kansas V. Colorado (1907), James E. Sherow
Great Plains Quarterly
T he United States Supreme Court took its first notice of interstate squabbling over western water courses in the suit Kansas v. Colorado, 1907. 1 The decision failed to stem a steady onslaught of interstate water litigation, but the justices did achieve the means to adjudge water disputes between states. To understand the justices' accomplishment, or lack of it, requires what James Willard Hurst called a "social history of law," law related to society and to ideas outside the narrow confines of jurisprudence. Such a methodology proves a useful means for understanding the significance of Kansas v. Colorado. …
Spanish Exploration And The Great Plains In The Age Of Discovery: Myth And Reality, Ralph H. Vigil
Spanish Exploration And The Great Plains In The Age Of Discovery: Myth And Reality, Ralph H. Vigil
Great Plains Quarterly
T his essay attempts to place Spanish exploration on the Great Plains within the context of the temper and feelings prevailing in the first century of the "discovery" of the West. 1 Because many writers of texts and more specialized works view the past in the light of the present, European expansion in the sixteenth century appears to be more modem than it was. This paper views Spaniards of the early colonial period as more medieval than modem in outlook; it also suggests that mythological geography and mixed spiritual and worldly motives, considered incompatible in our day, were as important …
Review Of A Generation Of Boomers: The Pattern Of Railroad Labor Conflict In Nineteenth-Century America., Russell S. Kirby
Review Of A Generation Of Boomers: The Pattern Of Railroad Labor Conflict In Nineteenth-Century America., Russell S. Kirby
Great Plains Quarterly
In this ambitious volume the author interprets the nascent railroad labor movement of the late nineteenth century within a broad socio- economic framework. "Boomers," the subject of this book, built and maintained the railroad lines, serviced the locomotives and running stock, manned the freight yards, ran and conducted the trains. Although many of these men had transitory employment histories, others demonstrated both geographical persistence and upward occupational mobility within the railroad industry. As Shelton Stromquist demonstrates, strike behavior on the railroads of the late nineteenth century was related to railroad management strategies, the locations of railroad towns or railroad lines …
Review Of Indian Education In Canada: Volume 2: The Challenge, Dana F. Lawrence
Review Of Indian Education In Canada: Volume 2: The Challenge, Dana F. Lawrence
Great Plains Quarterly
This twelve-essay volume follows Volume 1: The Legacy. Together they offer a comprehensive history of Indian education in Canada as well as a survey of current issues and future directions. Volume 2 has nine Indian/Metis authors, reflecting the move toward self-determination not only in Canada but in indigenous populations the world over. In Canada the movement has rallied around the phrase "Indian Control of Indian Education" and Volume 2: The Challenge addresses this topic.
Review Of Ole Edvart Rölvaag, Rodney P. Rice
Review Of Ole Edvart Rölvaag, Rodney P. Rice
Great Plains Quarterly
This welcome addition to the Western Writers Series differs from other studies on Rolvaag because it attempts to place him within the broader context of American literature rather than strictly within ethnic or geographic boundaries. Moseley argues that Rölvaag, like many American authors before him, successfully combines elements of realism, naturalism, and myth not only to reveal the inherent contradictions in the frontier experience but also to examine universal themes such as the conflict between Old World tradition and New World individuality. The result is a convincing, perceptive, and reliable introduction to Rolvaag's fiction, useful to all students of American …
Review Of Sentinel Of The Southern Plains: Fort Richardson And The Northwest Texas Frontier, 1866-1878, Michael L. Tate
Review Of Sentinel Of The Southern Plains: Fort Richardson And The Northwest Texas Frontier, 1866-1878, Michael L. Tate
Great Plains Quarterly
Slightly more than a century ag9 the dreaded "Comanche Moon" of each month virtually assured devastating Indian raids upon the isolated ranches of Texas' northwestern frontier. No issue raised more ire in the state legislature or produced more animosity between state and federal officials than did this. To protect these exposed settlements, the War Department established a thin line of military posts from the Red River to the Rio Grande. Anchoring the northern zone was Fort Richardson, established in 1866 with a garrison to patrol the upper Brazos River country and to tum back raiding parties of Comanches and Kiowas …
Review Of Documenting America, 1935-1943, John E. Carter
Review Of Documenting America, 1935-1943, John E. Carter
Great Plains Quarterly
The work of the photographic section of the Farm Security Administration has not suffered for want of attention. Countless books and articles have proliferated in both the popular and scholarly press. Documenting America, 1935-1943 is an important contribution to that body of work. Where other efforts have focused on the powerful content of the pictures, this book deals with the context of their creation as well.
Review Of Oklahoma Botanical Literature, M. R. Bolick
Review Of Oklahoma Botanical Literature, M. R. Bolick
Great Plains Quarterly
Johnson and Milby have produced a valuable bibliographic aid for the serious student of the flora of the southern Great Plains. The listing, in one place, of 862 references from such diverse sources is a major contribution by itself. The addition of indexes for authors and subject-incontext greatly increases the utility of this reference book, making it easy to search among all 800-plus citations for ones of particular interest. This book should find a home in biology libraries across the region.
Review Of The World Of The Crow Indians: As Driftwood Lodges, C. Adrian Heidenreich
Review Of The World Of The Crow Indians: As Driftwood Lodges, C. Adrian Heidenreich
Great Plains Quarterly
In this relatively short book, Frey seeks to describe the world view of the Crow (Apsaalooke) Indians of Montana. He places his description within the sociocultural context of the contemporary reservation and uses two key metaphors drawn from the Crow people, first, shifting bundles of driftwood that lodge and cling together in a turbulent river, and second a "medicine" or wagon wheel where the hub and the circumference are connected by distinct spokes. The Crow world is interpreted as one in which everything-human, animal, plant, land, and spirit-is interconnected, and the metaphors provide "symbolism of diversity and unity, receptivity and …
Review Of The Blackfoot Confederacy, 1880-1920: A Comparative Study Of Canadian And U. S. Indian Policy, Calvin Luther Martin
Review Of The Blackfoot Confederacy, 1880-1920: A Comparative Study Of Canadian And U. S. Indian Policy, Calvin Luther Martin
Great Plains Quarterly
"God"-read the brass buttons on the Indian police uniforms, "God helps those who help themselves" (p. 61). The picture stamped on the button showed what was intended to be an Indian farmer diligently turning the earth "wrong side up" (p. 57) behind a horse-drawn plow. Thrift, hard work, individualism, promise of a better life, the great American myth of the yeoman farmer-that little clasp packed a lot of message. Samek's book details how both Canadian and American bureaucrats, humanitarians philanthropists, and missionaries tried mightily to instill that very message in the hearts and minds of their Blackfoot Indian wards at …
Controlled Pasture Burning In The Folklife Of The Kansas Flint Hills, James Hoy
Controlled Pasture Burning In The Folklife Of The Kansas Flint Hills, James Hoy
Great Plains Quarterly
The Flint Hills of Kansas, forming a band approximately fifty miles wide, start north of Manhattan near the Nebraska border and run south nearly two hundred miles, at which point they merge into the Osage Hills of Oklahoma. This area, together with the row of counties bordering the Flint Hills to the east, is sometimes labeled the Bluestem Grazing Region; its four million acres of native grass represent the remaining one percent of a tallgrass prairie that once stretched north to Canada and east to Indiana and Ohio. 1 Cattle raising in the Flint Hills portion of this region differs …
The Art Museum As Personal Statement: The Southwest Experience, Keith L. Bryant Jr
The Art Museum As Personal Statement: The Southwest Experience, Keith L. Bryant Jr
Great Plains Quarterly
The museum boom in this country since World War II has been easy to observe and document. Almost as many museums were constructed in the 1960s as in the previous two decades, and the erection or expansion of cultural palaces has continued into the 1980s. The rising importance of museums has been signaled not only by new buildings and massive additions but also by attendance figures. The leading public attraction in the United States is neither professional football nor baseball; it is the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This overwhelming public response is not limited to the …
Seeing More Than Earth And Sky: The Rise Of A Great Aesthetic, Howard Roberts Lamar
Seeing More Than Earth And Sky: The Rise Of A Great Aesthetic, Howard Roberts Lamar
Great Plains Quarterly
Sometime in the 1880s, Sallie Cover, a Nebraska settler in Garfield County, painted a picture of the homestead of her neighbor, Ellsworth L. Ball. This attractive primitive painting can be seen in the Nebraska State Historical Society in Lincoln. Various authorities have asserted that it is the first known painting by a local Nebraska artist. 1 Although we know very little about Mrs. Cover, the painting suggests that she liked her neighbor's rational and neat homestead. She painted the earth rich and black, the grass healthy green, and flowers along the front path. New trees have been planted, but some …
State Humanities Councils And Cultural Institutions On The Great Plains, Sarah Z. Rosenberg
State Humanities Councils And Cultural Institutions On The Great Plains, Sarah Z. Rosenberg
Great Plains Quarterly
T his study covers the state humanities councils in the Great Plains for the four year period 1983-86. Biennial reports to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), upon which the study is based, are staggered for the convenience of NEH reviewers. As a result my data are either for 1983-84 or for 1985-86. I chose this time frame because by 1983 most state councils had been in existence for at least ten years and were past the years of experimentation and because the data available in these reports are presented consistently. I have included the ten Great Plains states-North …
Joint Venture Or Testy Alliance?: The Public Works Of Art Project In Minnesota, 1933-34, Thomas O'Sullivan
Joint Venture Or Testy Alliance?: The Public Works Of Art Project In Minnesota, 1933-34, Thomas O'Sullivan
Great Plains Quarterly
Like many American painters of his generation, Syd Fossum left art school under the cloud of the Great Depression. The economic uncertainties of the 1930s only added to the dubious support a young painter in the Midwest might expect. But an unimagined opportunity launched Fossum and many others into unparalleled productivity as artists and self-respect as involved members of the art community and American society. Fossum's own reminiscences suggest the excitement of the moment. He recalled that in December 1933 he received a letter assigning him to the newly formed Public Works of Art Project (PWAP).
Introduction To Federal And State Arts And Humanities Agencies, Robin S. Tryloff, Sarah Z. Rosenberg
Introduction To Federal And State Arts And Humanities Agencies, Robin S. Tryloff, Sarah Z. Rosenberg
Great Plains Quarterly
Since 1965 the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), along with the state arts agencies (SAAs) and state humanities councils, as those were established, have been arguably the most influential of all institutions affecting the arts in the United States. As executive directors of, respectively, the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Committee for the Humanities we daily witnessed the impact of our institutions on the arts of the Great Plains. The following brief introduction to NEA and NEH provides the background for our individual articles about the types of agencies we …
The Judicial Fortunes Of French On The Canadian Prairies, Donald A. Bailey
The Judicial Fortunes Of French On The Canadian Prairies, Donald A. Bailey
Great Plains Quarterly
Early European settlement patterns on the Canadian and U.S. prairies had many common features. Diverse peoples settled side-by-side, though often in distinct ethnic concentrations, and heritage cultures and languages persisted for several generations, even as significant assimilation to the dominant culture simultaneously occurred. Interaction and assimilation were not always harmonious, however, for intra-ethnic disagreements about heritage loyalty versus assimilation and friction with the dominant or another culture consumed many energies. Periods of war or economic crisis brought out xenophobic suspicions among the dominant and fully assimilated groups, suspicions that sometimes led to attempts at oppressive legislative measures that were later …
Review Of A Creek Warrior For The Confederacy: The Autobiography Of Chief G. W Grayson, William E. Unrau
Review Of A Creek Warrior For The Confederacy: The Autobiography Of Chief G. W Grayson, William E. Unrau
Great Plains Quarterly
Without question this memoir by a mixedblood Creek dignitary who fought with Indian units attached to the armies of the Confederacy is the most informative and carefully edited account of the Civil War in Indian Territory after 1862. But it is more than that, for it provides a lucid and candid commentary on important aspects of Creek history from forced removal in the early national period to formal tribal dissolution in 1906.
Review Of Renewing The World: Plains Indian Religion And Morality., J. Baird Callicott
Review Of Renewing The World: Plains Indian Religion And Morality., J. Baird Callicott
Great Plains Quarterly
Although at midcentury the distinguished anthropologist A. Irving Hallowell suggested a new field, "ethnometaphysics, " at the interface of philosophy and anthropology, there was no stampede to explore it. Philosophers for the most part remain Western cultural narcissists and chauvinists, while anthropologists labor to become scientifically "respectable."
Review Of The Road To Rebellion: Class Formation And Kansas Populism, 1865-1900, Robert W. Cherny
Review Of The Road To Rebellion: Class Formation And Kansas Populism, 1865-1900, Robert W. Cherny
Great Plains Quarterly
During the six decades since publication of John Hicks's The Populist Revolt, scholars have produced highly diverse interpretations of the Populist movement of the 1890s. Scott G. McNall, professor of sociology at the University of Kansas, contributes to that dialogue by using Kansas Populism to explore concepts in political economy and especially in the nature of class identity.
Review Of We're Czechs, Joseph G. Svoboda
Review Of We're Czechs, Joseph G. Svoboda
Great Plains Quarterly
Robert L. Skrabanek, a professor emeritus from Texas A & M University, reminisces about growing up in a small, rural, almost exclusively Czech Protestant community in central Texas during the 1920s and 1930s. The community of Snook (originally Šebesta) in Burleson County is located between Austin and Houston. Physically isolated, the town continued to experience during these decades what occurred in pioneering times: close-knit families, community spirit, and personal honesty.
Irrigating With Windmills On The Great Plains, T. Lindsay Baker
Irrigating With Windmills On The Great Plains, T. Lindsay Baker
Great Plains Quarterly
In his 1895 graduation thesis from the state agricultural college at Manhattan, Kansas, Fred E. Rader declared of the windmill, "Without, we must emigrate; with it, we can irrigate."1 Rader summarized the feelings of many farmers in the Arkansas and Platte valleys and elsewhere across the Great Plains in the mid-1890s. He wrote in the heyday of windmill irrigation in the area, when machines employing the free power of the wind to pump water from the ground were seen as the salvation of the region.
The Wonderful Wizard Of The West: L.Frank Baum In South Dakota, 1888-91, Nancy Tystad Koupal
The Wonderful Wizard Of The West: L.Frank Baum In South Dakota, 1888-91, Nancy Tystad Koupal
Great Plains Quarterly
On 25 January 1890, L. Frank Baum took over the editor's chair of a weekly newspaper in northeastern South Dakota. Stricken with "western fever," the thirty-four-year-old Baum had emigrated from Syracuse, New York, more than a year earlier "to throw [his] fortunes in with the town" of Aberdeen, a promising railroad hub in what was then Dakota Territory. His first frontier enterprise, a variety store modeled on "The Fair" in Chicago, was too ambitious for the time and place, but Baum retained his faith in the West and turned to a career more suited to his talents and training. In …
Rural German-Speaking Women In Early Nebraksa And Kansas: Ethnicity As A Factor In Frontier Adptation, Linda Schelbitzki Pickle
Rural German-Speaking Women In Early Nebraksa And Kansas: Ethnicity As A Factor In Frontier Adptation, Linda Schelbitzki Pickle
Great Plains Quarterly
Germans were the largest foreign-born ethnic group in nineteenth-century Kansas and Nebraska. Whether one includes all of the German speakers or only those who came from one of the many states eventually united into one German nation, these immigrants made up a sizeable proportion of the frontier population. Counting only the latter group, by 1900 eighteen percent of the residents of Nebraska and almost nine percent of the residents of Kansas were either first- or second-generation Germans. 1 Because of the size of the German population, their various times of emigration, and the diversity of their European origins and cultural …