Ahtahkakoop

Download or read book Ahtahkakoop written by Deanna Christensen and published by Shell Lake, Sask. : Ahtahkakoop Pub.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author presents a biography of the nineteenth century prominent Plains Cree leader, Ahtahkakoop (Starblanket). Using documentary sources as well as oral tradition, the author details Cree culture, society and economics before and during an era of rapid change. The author portrays the leadership of Ahtahkakoop as he attempted to establish his people, who were working to adapt to the disappearance of the buffalo, illness and death, missionaries, treaties schools, the uprising of 1885, and reserve life. The book is noted for its use of Cree language, Cree genealogy, Cree names for northern plains landmarks, and the stories associated with these geographic features.