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The Deadliest Indian War in the West$18.95 Caxton Press Gregory Michno The Snake War is one of the least known of the many clashes of culture that occurred in the American West during the 19th century. Gregory Michno, author of several critically acclaimed books on America’s Indian wars, gives readers the first comprehensive look at the natives, soldiers and settlers who clashed on the high desert of Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Oregon and Northern California in a struggle that over a four-year period claimed more lives than any other Western Indian War. 6x9, 400 pages, paper, photographs, maps, bibliography, index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
A Fate Worse than DeathIndian Captivities in the West 1830-1885 $24.95 ISBN 978-0-87004-451-9 Caxton Press Gregory and Susan Michno Gregory and Susan Michno spent years collecting, sorting and checking facts from scores of military and newspaper reports, family histories and interviews with people captured by Indians. This book, the result of that research, is the most extensive collection ever assembled of what it was like to be an Indian captive in the West. Covering captivities in virtually all regions of the West, with special emphasis on Texas, A Fate Worse Than Death is both a record of human brutality and a testament to the durability of the human spirit. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 552 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Walking in Two WorldsMixed-Blood Indian Women Seeking Their Path $16.95 ISBN 0-87004-450-8 Caxton Press Nancy M. Peterson Nancy M. Peterson tells the stories of mixed-blood women who, steeped in the tradition of their Indian mothers but forced into the world of their white fathers, fought to find their identities in a rapidly changing world. In an era when most white women had limited opportunities outside the home, these mix-blood women often became nationally recognized leaders in the fight for Native American rights. They took the tools and training whites provided and used them to help their people. They found differing paths—medicine, music, crafts, the classroom, the lecture hall, the stage, the written word—and walked strong and tall. These women did far more than survive; they extended a hand to help their people find a place in a hard new future. Paper, 6 x 9, 264 pages, Illustrated,index [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Rotting Face: Smallpox and the American Indian
$24.95 ISBN 0-87004-419-2 Caxton Press R.G. Robertson R.G. Robertson tells the story of the smallpox epidemic of 1837-1838 that forever changed the political and social structure of the Northern Plains Indian tribes. Before it ran out of human fuel, "Rotting Face," as it was called by natives, claimed an estimated 20,000 people. The epidemic did more damage in one year than all the military expeditions sent against the American Indian before or since. 6x9, hardcover, 350 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Dreamers: On the Trail of the Nez Perce$24.95 ISBN 0-87004-393-5 Caxton Press Martin Stadius Travel with Martin Stadius as he searches for answers to a story that begins on the shores of Oregon’s beautiful Wallowa Lake and ends in the wind-swept, barren hills at Bears Paw, Montana. Stadius tells the story of the Nez Perce people–the Nee-Me-Poo. In 1877 the "Dreamer" (non-Christian) faction of the tribe, under pressure from land-hungry whites to move to a reservation, fled their homeland in eastern Oregon and central Idaho. During the next three months, Nee-Me-Poo warriors, seldom numbering more than 100, handed the United States Army some of the worst defeats in its history. 6x9, hardcover, 450 pages, maps, photos, index, bibliography. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Forlorn Hope: The Nez Perce victory at White Bird Canyon$15.95 Caxton Press Jack D. McDermott "The term "forlorn hope" is defined in the dictionary as "to send a small group of men, usually soldiers, on a desperate or suicidal mission." On a June morning in 1877, 109 soldiers and civilian volunteers rode into a canyon in the Idaho Territory, looking for a fight. In the encounter that followed, a numerically inferior force of Nez Perce warriors inflicted a defeat on the troops more complete than the one suffered the previous year by the 7th Cavalry at the Little Bighorn. Although the Nez Perce won a victory at White Bird Canyon, the battle was the beginning of a "forlorn hope" for that Native American culture that only 70 years earlier had saved the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition from starvation. Historian John McDermott describes the events leading up to the confrontation a White Bird Canyon, using personal accounts of the survivors to paint a detailed picture of what happened on that fateful day. Previously published in a limited edition in 1978, Forlorn Hope was named by Indian war historians one of the best books ever written about the Nez Perce War. It provides a fascinating snapshot of the politics and people involved in a unique chapter in the history of Idaho and the American West. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Hear Me, My Chiefs! Nez Perce Legend and History$19.95 ISBN 0-87004-310-2 Caxton Press L. V. McWhorter Although even the earliest origins of the Nez Perce are explored, the major portion of the book concentrates on the Nez Perce War of 1877. These peaceable and prosperous people were oppressed, persecuted, misunderstood, and badgered, yet avoided war until fateful forces pushed them into it. McWhorter was devoted to the Nez Perce and spent years interviewing, researching, then recording their legends and history. This is their complete record as told by the Indians themselves. 6x9, paperback, 48 illustrations, 5 maps, 640 pages, bibliography, footnotes, index. Simply put, no personal or academic Native American Studies library collection can be considered complete or comprehensive without the inclusion of a copy of L. V. McWhorter's masterpiece of Native American history, Hear Me, My Chiefs! -- Wisconsin Bookwatch [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Yellow Wolf: His Own Story $16.95 ISBN 0-87004-315-3 Caxton Press L. V. McWhorter Yellow Wolf was one of the last surviving participants of the Nez Perce War. This is his story of the hitherto unrevealed Indian strategy and policy in that conflict as told to L.V. McWhorter, his friend for decades. McWhorter has documented the Indian's autobiography with a mass of evidence and testimony that is a monumental contribution to the history of the Far Northwest. 6x9, paperback, 48 illustrations, 1 map, 328 pages, bibliography, footnotes, glossary, index. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Nez Perce Women in Transition 1877-1990$49.95 ISBN 0-89301-188-6 University of Idaho Press Caroline James Unique individual accounts recorded directly from personal in-terviews with NezPerce women ranging in age from 20to 90. Cloth, 274 pages, 209 photographs, 2 maps [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Northern Shoshoni$18.95 ISBN: 0-87004-266-1 Caxton Press Brigham Madsen Brigham Madsen spent much of his career as a historian studying the Shoshoni Indians. This Native American culture controlled a huge region in Western America prior to the arrival of European settlers. Madsen examines four distinct Shoshoni groups which comprise the tribe, including a related band of Northern Piaute, the Bannocks. The book focuses on the Shoshoni since the arrival of the first white settlers. It describes the early days on the reservation and the struggle of these proud people to adapt to the massive cultural changes that have occurred during the past 150 years. 8½ X 11, paperback, 260 pages, photos, maps, index, bibliography, paper. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Offering Smoke: The Sacred Pipe and Native American Religion$22.95 ISBN 0-89301-126-6 University of Idaho Press Jordan Paper Paper presents an encyclopedic array of archaeological, as well as documentary, evidence in support of his conclusions.—Western Historical Quarterly Paper, 181 pages, 43 photographs, 9 illustrations, 2 maps, 1 table [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Our Native American Legacy; Northwest Towns with Indian Names
$17.95 ISBN 0-87004-401-x Caxton Press Sandy Nestor Many Pacific Northwest cities and towns bear names linked to the American Indians who inhabited the region thousands of years before the arrival of European explorers and settlers. Sandy Nestor spent years gathering information about towns in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska with Indian names. She offers a brief history of each community, profiles of the founders and an explanation of the origins of the town name. 9x6, paperback, 312 pages, maps, 50 photographs. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Do Them No Harm! Lewis & Clark Among the Nez Perce$16.95 0-87004-427-3 Caxton Press by Zoa L. Swayne In autumn 1805,a group of ragged strangers staggered into a Nez Perce Indian camp on the Clearwater River in what is now northern Idaho. The natives discussed killing the starving newcomers and taking the wonderous treasures they carried in their packs. Instead, they heeded an old woman who said, "Do Them No Harm!" That decision marked the beginning of a unique friendship between the Nez Perce and the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Zoa Swayne spent years writing down the events of 1805, 1806 as remembered by Nez Perce storytellers then combined them with entries from the journals of the explorers to create a fascinating story about an alliance that changed American history. 6x9, 350 pages, illustrations [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Shoshoni Pony: Lewis & Clark and the Native American horse
$15.95 0-87004-431-1 Caxton Press Carol MacGregor Illustrated by Dick Lee Carol MacGregor presents a colorful and lively story for young people that explains the importance of the horse to Native Americans and how the Shoshoni tribe helped Lewis and Clark on their journey across the continent. The color artwork by Dick Lee illustrate Indian life and the meeting with members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 11 x 8 1/2, hardcover, 32 pages in full color, illustrated. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Bannock of Idaho$15.95 ISBN 0-89301-189-4 University of Idaho Press Brigham D. Madsen This classic study of the Bannock Tribe of southern Idaho explores broken U.S. government agreements, diminishing food supplies, and the pride of a tribal nation. Paper, 390 pages [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Lemhi: Sacajawea's People $11.95 ISBN 0-87004-267-X Caxton Press Brigham D. Madsen Indian expert and historian, Brigham Madsen, records the story of the Lemhi from 1806 to about 1907. Exploitation of Sacajawea's people destroyed their centuries-old lifestyle. Conflicts arose and the tribe wandered throughout the northwest, trying to subsist in an unsettled nomadic life. This is the story, step by step, of how life changed for the Lemhi during a 100-year period. 9x6, paperback, 27 illustrations, 3 maps, 214 pages. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
The Nez Perce Nation Divided$49.95 ISBN 0-89301-256-4 University of Idaho Press Dennis Baird, Diane Mallickan and W. R. Swagerty Contemporary accounts, mostly unpublished, about the Idaho gold rush of 1860 and the resulting decrease of the Nez Perce Reservation in the controversial Nez Perce Treaty of 1863. Cloth, 8.5x10, 488 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Weiser Indians: Shoshoni Peacemakers $14.95 ISBN 0-87004-376-5 Caxton Press Hank Corliss The Weisers were a major Sheepeater group of Northern Shoshoni people who lived in the mountainous area of west-central Idaho.A gentle people, they peacefully but firmly resisted attempts by white authorities who sought their removal to the reservations.in the 1890s. The Weisers were rediscovered by an amazed white public who learned that the resourceful Indians had established a settlement under their very noses. Of major importance, this book documents Indian-white relations in southwestern Idaho during the time of initial encroachment onto Indian lands. It fills a void in the history of Idaho. 6x9, Paper [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Women on the Run$16.95 ISBN 0-89301-217-3 University of Idaho Press Janet Campbell Hale In this first collection of her short fiction, Hale offers a forth-right perspective of contemporary Native and non-Native American women living and surviving outside of the boundary of mainstream America. Cloth, 186 pages [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Lewis & Clark's Bittersweet Crossing
$16.95 ISBN 0-87004-437-0 Caxton Press Carol MacGregor When Lewis and Clark reached the Rocky Mountains, in what is now Montana and Idaho, they didn't realize how difficult it would be to cross the rugged peaks the natives called the "Bitterroots." Had it not been for the generosity of the Nez Perce Indians, who inhabited the area west of the mountains, the members of the Corps of Discovery might have perished before completing their mission. Carol MacGregor tells the story of the expedition, focusing on the struggle to conquer the Bitterroot Range and the interaction of the explorers with the natives. Beautifully illustrated by artist Gaye Hoopes, this book brings history to life for young readers. The book includes a color map of the expedition route, glossary, list of expedition members and several study questions. 11 x 8 1/2, hardcover, 32 full-color illustrations, pages, study questions. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Chief Pocatello$14.95 ISBN 0-89301-222-x University of Idaho Press Brigham D. Madsen Looking beyond popular opinion and historical belief that characterized the legendary Chief Pocatello as an overly bold and intransigent leader, Madsen offers the Northwest Shoshoni in a balanced light. Copublished with the Idaho State Historical Society. Paper, 142 pages [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
Massacre at Bear RiverFirst, Worst, Forgotten $18.95 978-0-87004-462-5 Caxton Press Rod Miller The Bear River Massacre, on January 29, 1863, claimed at least 250 Shoshoni lives. And it changed the culture of the natives who lived in the area along what later became the Utah-Idaho border. Rod Miller provides a compelling narrative account of the Bear River Massacre and the events leading up to the bloody clash on a frozen riverbank in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. He gives historical context to three major players in the massacre—the Shoshoni, the military, the Mormon settlers and their leaders—and the interplay among those groups. Miller also explains why the massacre has remained in the historical shadows for 145 years and details the fight by Shoshonis and a few dedicated researchers to move the event to its rightful place in Western history. Paper, $18.95 6 x 9, 220 pages, maps, illustrated, bibliography, index [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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