{"product_id":"the-vengeful-wife-and-other-blackfoot-stories-9780806137711","title":"The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories\u003c\/i\u003e by historian Hugh A. Dempsey presents tales from the Blackfoot tribe of the plains of northern Montana and southern Alberta. Drawn from Dempsey's fifty years of interviewing tribal elders and sifting through archives, the stories are about warfare, hunting, ceremonies, sexuality, the supernatural, and captivity, and they reflect the Blackfoot worldview and beliefs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This remarkable compilation of oral history and accounts from government officials, travelers, and fur traders preserves stories dating from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. \"The importance of oral history,\" Dempsey writes, \"is reflected in the fact that the majority of these stories would never have survived had they not been preserved orally from generation to generation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugh A. Dempsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806137711","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45521390436489,"sku":"9780806137711","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_295c4873-8c88-4083-ae98-528e1f8194ca.jpg?v=1776227725","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-vengeful-wife-and-other-blackfoot-stories-9780806137711","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}