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Dedication

This book is dedicated to my wife Nancy and daughters Sarah and Pauline, for their help and encouragement over the years.

Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank Timothy O’Sullivan and Denise Payne for their help in the preparation of the text. The following people have been helpful and stimulating with their comments: Rosemary and the late Dennis Lessard, who lived on the Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota; the late Dr James H Howard, Stillwater, Oklahoma; Louis Garcia of Ft Totten Reservation, North Dakota; Dr Colin Taylor, Hastings, UK; Samuel Cahoon, Warren, New Jersey; Neil Gilbert, Ipswich, UK; and Richard Green of Birmingham, UK.

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