{"product_id":"9780803251304","title":"The Old North Trail: Or Life, Legends and Religion of the Blackfeet Indians","description":"March 1968 BISON BOOK\/UNIVERSITY of NEBRASKA PRESS trade paperback, 5th printing. Walter McClintock (Old Indian trails). When Walter McClintock first became acquainted with the Blackfeet Native Americans in the late nineteenth century he realised that their way of life was under threat. The young were disinterested in preserving the old ways of life and he realised that without a written language of their own, the culture, religion and folk-lore of the Blackfeet would soon fall into oblivion. “When I discovered that I could obtain the unbosoming of their secrets and that the door was open to me for study and investigation, I resolved that I would do my best to preserve all the knowledge available.” The Old North Life, Legends, and Religion of the Blackfeet Indians is the fruit of that study and investigation. McClintock was able to gain unprecedented access to Blackfoot culture due to the fact that he became adopted by Chief Mad Dog, the high priest of the Sun Dance, and spent four years living on the Blackfoot Reservation. - Amazon","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67645907796041,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/5336\/3785\/files\/27154373482473.jpg?v=1791740016","url":"https:\/\/morebetterbooks.com\/products\/9780803251304","provider":"More Better Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}