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Sherman Sage (ca 1844-1943) was an unforgettable Arapaho man who witnessed change in his community and was one of the last to see the Plains black with buffalo. This book gathers information about Sage's life from archives, interviews, recollections, and published sources.

For many generations, the Northern Arapaho people thrived over a vast area of the North American Plains and Rocky Mountains. This book draws together different aspects of the Northern Arapahos' world - myth, language, art, ritual, identity, and history - to offer a picture of a culture that has endured and changed over time.

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Anderson demonstrates how, through the action of creating quillwork, Arapaho women became central participants in ritual life, often studied as the exclusive domain of men. He also shows how quillwork challenges predominant Western concepts of art and creativity: adhering to sacred patterns passed down through generations of women, it emphasized not individual creativity, but meticulous repetition and social connectivity--an approach foreign t...

A history of black America's supernatural beliefs from the colonial era to the present From black sorcerers' client-based practices in the antebellum South to the postmodern revival of hoodoo and its tandem spiritual supply stores, the supernatural has been a key component of the African American experience. Jeffrey E. Anderson unfolds a fascinating story as he traces the origins and evolution of conjuring practices across the centuries. Wh...

Jeffrey D. Anderson is an associate professor of anthropology at Colby College. He is the author of The Four Hills of Life: Northern Arapaho Knowledge and Life Movement (Nebraska 2001).

For more than a century, the Northern Arapaho people have lived on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming--the fourth largest reservation in the country. In "The Four Hills of Life, " Jeffrey D. Anderson masterfully draws together aspects of the Northern Arapahos' world--myth, language, art, ritual, identity, and history--to offer a vivid picture of a culture that has endured and changed over time. Anderson shows that Northern Arapaho unity and...