WINTER 1997 VOL. 17/NO. 1
Black Soldiers at Fort Hays, Kansas, 1867-1869: A Study in Civilian and Military Violence James N. Leiker 3
Allotment, Alcohol, and The Omahas Benson Tong 19
A Socioeconomic Portrait of Prince Hall Masonry in Nebraska, 1900-1920 Dennis N. Mihelich 35
The Early Growth of the Conrad Banking Enterprise in Montana, 1880-1914 Henry C. Klassen 49
REVIEW ESSAY
The Emperor on the American Frontier by Susan A. Miller. A review of the traveling exhibition from the Newberry Library, "The Frontier in American Culture," curated by Richard White. 63
BOOK REVIEWS
Becoming and Remaining a People: Native American Religions on the Northern Plains by Howard L. Harrod, reviewed by Lee Irwin 66
Voices of the Plains Cree by Edward Ahenakew, edited by Ruth Buck, reviewed by Jennifer S. H. Brown 67
Caddo Indians: Where We Come From by Cecile Elkins Carter, reviewed by F. Todd Smith 68
The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge: A Lakota Odyssey by Joe Starita, reviewed by Donald L. Parman 69
Indian School Days by Basil H. Johnston, reviewed by Susan Wunde. 69
They Call Me Agnes: A Crow Narrative Based on the Life of Agnes Yellowtail Deernose by Fred W. Voget, assisted by Mary K. Mee, reviewed by Marika Sandel. 70
The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters edited by Patrick D. Lester, reviewed by Richard Conn 71
Mediation in Contemporary Native American Fiction by James Ruppert, reviewed by Catherine Rainwater 71
The Nature of the Place: A Study of Great Plains Fiction by Diane Dufva Quantic, reviewed by Melody Graulich 72
Bess Streeter Aldrich: The Dreams Are All Real by Carol Miles Petersen, reviewed by Barbara W. Rippey 73
This Fragile Land: A Natural History of the Nebraska Sandhills by Paul A. Johnsgard, reviewed by Bob Ross 74
Born in the Country: A History of Rural America by David B. Danbom, reviewed by Michael W. Schuyler 74
Age of the Gunfighter: Men and Weapons on the Frontier, 1840-1900 by Joseph G. Rosa, reviewed by Robert K. DeArment 75
The Drifting Cowboy by Will James, and I See By Your Outfit: Historic Cowboy Gear of the Northern Plains by Tom Lindmier and Steve Mount, reviewed by Richard W. Slatta 76
NOTES AND NEWS 78
SPRING 1997 VOL. 17/NO. 2
Politics and Culture of the Great Plains: An Introduction John Comer 83
Treaty Seven and Guaranteed Representation: How Treaty Rights Can Evolve into Parlimentary Seats Kiera Ladner 85
Liberal Education on the Great Plains: American Experiments, Canadian Flirtations, 1930-1950 Kevin Brooks 103
Cross-Border Ties Among Protest Movements: The Great Plains Connection Mildred A. Schwartz 119
Conceptions of the Nebraska Voter in 1882: Paradoxes and Complexities among "Women" Carrmen Heider 131
BOOK REVIEWS
The Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in Nature by Sharon Butala, reviewed by Lisa Knopp 143
Women and Texas History: Selected Essays edited by Fane Downs and Nancy Baker Jones, reviewed by Lucy Eldersveld Murphy 144
A New Life: Danish Emigration to North America as Described by the Emigrants Themselves in Letters, 1842-1946 by Niels Peter Stilling and Anne Lisbeth Olsen, translated by Karen Veien, reviewed by David Iversen 145
Creative Crusader: Edmund G. Kaufman and Mennonite Community by James C. Juhnke, reviewed by Nancy Bernhardt Holland 145
Pioneer Children on the Journey West by Emmy E. Werner, reviewed by Hannele Paananen 146
The Ojibwa of Western Canada, 1780-1870 by Laura Peers, reviewed by Edward J. Hedican 147
March of the Columns: A Chronicle of the 1876 Indian War, June 27-September 16, 1876 by James Willert, reviewed by Gary A. Trogdon 148
The Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger edited by Thomas R. Buecker and R. Eli Paul, reviewed by Mark R. Ellis 149
SUMMER/FALL 1997 VOL. 17./NO. 3/4
Introduction Frances W. Kaye 163
Mapping the Marias: The Interface of Native and Scientific Cartographies Barbara Belyea 165
The Sacred Black Hills: An Ethnohistorical Review Linea Sundstrom 185
The Thatcher Government in Saskatchewan and the Revival of Metis Nationalism, 1964-71 James M. Pitsula 213
Flooding the Missouri Valley: The Politics of Dam Site Selection and Design Robert Kelley Schneiders 237
REVIEW ESSAY
In the Service of the Empire by Ward Churchill. A review of The Turn to the Native: Studies in Criticism and Culture by Arnold Krupat 251
BOOK REVIEWS
On Behalf of the Wolf and the First Peoples by Joseph Marshall III, reviewed by Ellen Dubas 261
Black Elk and Flaming Rainbow: Personal Memories of the Lakota Holy Man and John Neihardt by Hilda Neihardt, reviewed by Julian Rice 261
Response to Review: Voices of the Plains Cree by Edward Ahenakew; review by Jennifer S. H. Brown, response by Ann Leger-Anderson and Brian Mlazgar 263