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Nov 29, 2019 · This story was originally published on Nov 29, 2019. Transcript. Nearly five decades after Maria Campbell first published her seminal memoir Halfbreed, she says she finally feels like it's ...
Jun 21, 2023 · The Power of Indigenous Kinship. Halfbreed was an instant bestseller and turned Campbell, now eighty-four, into a literary celebrity. Fifty years later, the memoir remains as captivating and unforgettable as it was on publication. It helped that Campbell, then thirty-three, was stylish and striking; one profile, in the Province, described her ...
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The uncommon life of George Bent-"halfbreed"-spanned one of the most eventful epochs in American history. Caught uneasily between two cultures in constant conflict, it is a life mirrored in the fictional character Jack Crabb in Thomas Berger's classic novel Little Big Man. Born in 1843 to the prominent white trader Colonel William Bent and his Indian wife, Owl Woman, George Bent was raised as ...
Jan 7, 2004 · This book was purchased by my dear friend, Eileen, as part of the genealogy research into my family's history. Turns out the Owl Woman that is my great, great, great grandmother is not the mother of George Bent, the Cheyenne Halfbreed about whom this book is written. The book is a fascinating and sobering look at the lives of the Plains Indians.
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Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story Of George Bent - Caught Between The Worlds Of The Indian And The White Man: Halaas, David F., Masich, Andrew E.: 9780306813207: Books - Amazon.ca
Mar 16, 2005 · He has authored Civil War in the Southwest Borderlands, 1861-1867; The Civil War in Arizona; The Story of the California Volunteers, and co-authored three other books with David F. Halaas, Cheyenne Dog Soldiers: a Ledgerbook History of Coups and Combat; Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent; and Dan Rooney: My 75 Years with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL.
- David F. Halaas, Andrew E. Masich
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In 1843, trader William Bent's marriage to one of his three Cheyenne wives, Owl Woman, produced a son who would lead a remarkable life. Born half-white and half-Indian, George Bent grew up on the pains of southeastern Colorado, was educated in white schools, fought briefly for the Confederacy, survived the Sand Creek massacre, negotiated the Medicine Lodge treaty, and aided the Cheyennes with ...
