On the Champ of ’63

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vi
3. Preface viii
4. Native Cowboy Life 2
5. Sacred Beings 18
6. The First Horses 51
7. Painted Pony 55
8. Âyahkwéw’s Lodge 59
9. Buffalo Woman Leads the Buffalo Out of the Earth 61
10. Coyote and Buffalo 63
11. The End of the World: The Buffalo Go 69
12. The Deer 71
13. Coyote and Wood Tick 73
14. Coyote 74
15. Man’s Best Friend 75
16. The Dog Chief 77
17. Ranching Life 82
18. Lonely Cowboy 115
19. Allen Sapp 116
20. Tried, True, and Tested 122
21. At Wood Mountain We are Still Lakota 125
22. Women and the Ranching Life 135
23. Rodeo and Other Entertainment 152
24. The Gambler’s Son and Star Man 205
25. Bronco Busters, Basket Makers, and a Brass Band 207
26. The Menace of the Wild West Show 211
27. Remembering Heroes 213
28. He’s an Indian Cowboy in the Rodeo 217
29. On the Champ of ’63 219
30. Indian Rodeo Cowboys of the Dakotas 221
31. Down the Road… 243
32. References 244
33. Credits 246
34. Index 249