Many of the Smithsonian Institution's early studies, published since 1881 in such official publications as the Bureau of American Ethnology's reports and bulletins, have remained major sources of information on North American Indians. Describing how Blackfoot and Plains Indians obtained, cared for, and trained the horses that became integral to their culture, this book charts the importance of horses to Blackfoot transportation, hunting, warfare,...

An introduction to the locale, history, way of life, and culture of the Blackfoot (Siksika) Indians.

Hugh Davoren and Madbird from McMahon's Lone Creek are back. The daughter of a famous professor makes a distraught call to Davoren when she finds a wooden box containing disturbing photos and an earring that belonged to her stepmother, murdered after protesting the opening of a silver mine. There are plenty of people who may have had a hand in the murder cases that these photos have reopened.