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Crooked River Country (Paperback)
Wranglers, Rogues, and Barons
David Braly
North Central Oregon's hostile country and severe climate bred genuine Wild West legendshardy souls who defied immense adversity. Despite range wars, drought, lawlessness, and economic depression, a desolate wilderness ultimately became an industrial power.
Photographs map bibliography index 6" x 9" 344 pages (2007)
Oregon/Northwest History/Native American/Northwest Culture/Pioneers/Adventurers
Price :
US$24.95
Finding Chief Kamiakin (Paperback)
The Life and Legacy of a Northwest Patriot
by Richard D. Scheuerman and Michael O. Finley; photographs by John Clement.
Finding Chief Kamiakin
is the story of a prominent chief of the Yakamas; leaders of both the Sahaptin and Salish tribes often sought his counsel. Through personal aptitude as well as family bonds, he emerged as one of the region's most influential chiefs. He cautiously welcomed White newcomers and sought to learn beneficial aspects of their culture. His dignified manner and attire impressed both soldiers and missionaries.
In the 1850s, the arrival of unprecedented numbers of White immigrants caused upheaval that would threaten the very existence of the Plateau's native people. On May 29, 1855, the Walla Walla Council commenced with a brief meeting attended by some 5,000 Indians, including Chief Kamiakin. Two weeks later, he reluctantly signed the Yakima Treaty. He also resolved to fight against the destruction of his people and desecrations upon the land.
Photographs maps notes bibliography index 9" x 10½" 288 pages
Price :
US$34.95
Indian Summers (Hardbound)
Washington State College and the Nespelem Art Colony, 193741
J.J. Creighton
Washington State College established the Nespelem Art Colony in 1937 to compile an artistic and historical record of the Indians in north central Washington. For five summers, participants took up residence in and around Nespelem, the headquarters of the Colville Confederated Tribes. This book provides a snapshot of the students, instructors, and Indians, and beautifully displays some of the artwork their partnership created.
Illustrations photographs notes bibliography map index 10 1/2" x 9" 88 pages (2000)
Art/Photography/Palouse/Native American
Price :
US$22.95
Takhoma (paperback)
Ethnography of Mount Rainier National Park
Allan H. Smith
First produced as a research report in 1963, Takhoma provides a valuable first step toward unraveling the park's cultural past-addressing native toponymy, tribal identities and boundaries, village sites and structures, aboriginal economic uses, trails, and more.
Photographs maps notes references 6" x 9" 192 pages (2006)
Northwest History/Native American/Washington
Price :
US$22.95
Terra Northwest (Paperback)
Interpreting People and Place
Edited by David H. Stratton
Noted historians from the United States and Canada explore society, culture, and change in the resource-laden Pacific Northwest. Essays examine Spanish exploration of the Northern coast, traditional American Indian religion and worldview, the long-term relationship of a fragile Canadian union with its powerful southern neighbor, unique political and constitutional foundations, World War II black and white immigration, growing up Japanese-American in the 1930s 1940s, women's history, and more.
Illustrations references 6" x9" 208 pages
Canada/Washington/Native American/Northwest History/Northwest Culture
Price :
US$21.95
The Mapmaker's Eye (Paperback)
David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau
Jack Nisbet
Experience the sweep of human and natural history on the Columbia Plateau through the eyes of intrepid explorer and cartographer David Thompson, who established two viable trade routes across the Rocky Mountains in Canada, systematically surveyed the entire 1,250-mile course of the Columbia River, and subsequently distilled his mathematical notations into the first accurate maps of a vast portion of the northwest quadrant of North America.
Illustrations maps notes bibliography index 9 x 10 1/2 192 pages (2005)
Biography/Autobiography/Best Sellers/Pioneers/Adventurers/Native American/Northwest History/Canada/Lewis and Clark
Price :
US$29.95
The Structure of Twana Culture (Paperback)
With Comparative Notes on the Structure of Yurok Culture
William W. Elmendorf and A. L. Kroeber
This remarkable account of Washingtons Twana Indians contains the most complete body of information compiled on any Native American group in the southern coast Salish region.
Washington State University Press Reprint Series
Illustrations maps notes bibliography 6" x 9" 576 pages (1992)
Archaeology/Prehistory/Native American
Price :
US$18.75
The Wenatchee Valley and Its First Peoples (Hardbound)
Thrilling Grandeur, Unfulfilled Promise
Richard Scheuermann
Photographs by John Clement
The Wenatchi people called their place on earth by the name
Winatsa
, meaning 'Water Gushing Out.' The entire region is spectacular. From any direction, the Wenatchee Valley appears as a distinctive landscape It is a magical place today, with the crisp air blowing through the canyons, the sweet smell of pine trees, and the rushing sound of water that never ends. The Indian stories about this sacred site are every bit a part of our nation's history Many elders enjoy telling their stories about the Owl Sisters, the Salmon People, Coyote, and a host of other characters. Scheuerman is not Wenatchi, but he has accurately represented the people, their lives, languages, and cultures.--
from the Foreword by Dr. Clifford E. Trafzer.
The native people of the mid-Columbia nurture a deep spiritual connection to their surroundings. Oral histories and accounts taken from archival documents survey legendary regional geologic formations and weave a fascinating interpretive history of the Wenatchis. The narrative is lavishly illustrated with period lithographs and John Clement's stunning photographs.
Illustrations photographs bibliography index 11" x 8.75" 168 pages
Native American/Northwest History
Price :
US$36.95
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