The horse culture of the tribes of the High Plains of North America
lasted only some 170 years; yet in that time the sub-tribes of the Teton
or Western Sioux people imprinted a vivid image on the world's
imagination by their fearless but doomed fight to protect their hunting
grounds from the inevitable spread of the white man. This text outlines
the history, social organization, religion and material culture of the
Santee, Yankton and Teton Sioux; rare early photographs include
portraits of many of the great war chiefs and warriors of the Plains
Indian Wars, and eight detailed plates record details of Sioux
traditional costume.