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A Fate Worse than Death
Indian Captivities in the West 1830-1885
ISBN 978-0-87004-451-9
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Caxton Press
*HARDCOVER EDITION*
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.
6 x 9, HARDCOVER, 552 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index.
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$24.95
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A Fate Worse than Death
Indian Captivities in the West 1830-1885
ISBN 978-0-87004-473-1
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Caxton Press
*PAPERBACK EDITION*
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.
6 x 9, PAPERBACK, 552 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index.
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$19.95
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Massacre at Bear River
First, Worst, Forgotten
978-0-87004-462-5
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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.
6x9, Paper, 220 pages, maps, illustrated, bibliography, index.
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$18.95
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Dreamers: On the Trail of the Nez Perce
ISBN 0-87004-393-5
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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, 450 pages, Hardcover, maps, photos, bibliography index.
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$24.95
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Rotting Face: Smallpox and the American Indian
ISBN 0-87004-419-2
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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.
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6x9, Hardcover, 350 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index.
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$24.95
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Hear Me, My Chiefs! Nez Perce Legend and History
ISBN 0-87004-310-2
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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.
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
6x9, 640 pages, Paperback, 48 illustrations, 5 maps, bibliography, footnotes, index.
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$19.95
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Yellow Wolf: His Own Story
ISBN 0-87004-315-3
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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, 328 pages, 48 illustrations, 1 map, bibliography, footnotes, glossary, index.
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$16.95
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Walking in Two Worlds
Mixed-Blood Indian Women Seeking Their Path
ISBN 0-87004-450-8
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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.
6x9, Paper, 264 pages, illustrated, index.
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$16.95
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Northern Shoshoni
ISBN: 0-87004-266-1
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Caxton Press
Brigham Madsen
Brigham Madsen spent much of his career as an 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 Paiute, 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.
8.5x11, Paperback, 260 pages, photos, maps, bibliography, index.
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$18.95
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Forlorn Hope: The Nez Perce victory at White Bird Canyon
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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 at 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 as 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.
6x9, 246 pages, Paper, illustrations, maps, index.
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$15.95
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Our Native American Legacy; Northwest Towns with Indian Names
ISBN 0-87004-401-x
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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. More Info.
6x9, Paperback, 312 pages, maps, 50 photographs.
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$17.95
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Do Them No Harm! Lewis & Clark Among the Nez Perce
0-87004-427-3
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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, Paper, illustrations.
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$16.95
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Shoshoni Pony: Lewis & Clark and the Native American horse
0-87004-431-1
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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 illustrates Indian life and the meeting with members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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11x8.5, Hardcover, 32 Full Color pages, illustrated.
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$15.95
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The Bannock of Idaho
ISBN 0-89301-189-4
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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.
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$15.95
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The Lemhi: Sacajawea's People
ISBN 0-87004-267-X
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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.
6x9, 214 pages, Paperback, 27 illustrations, 3 maps.
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$11.95
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The Nez Perce Nation Divided
ISBN 0-89301-256-4
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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.
8.5x10, Cloth, 488 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index.
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$49.95
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Weiser Indians: Shoshoni Peacemakers
ISBN 0-87004-376-5
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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, 170 pages, illustrated, index.
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$14.95
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Women on the Run
ISBN 0-89301-217-3
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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
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$16.95
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Lewis & Clark's Bittersweet Crossing
ISBN 0-87004-437-0
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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.
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11x8.5, Hardcover, 32 full-color illustrated pages, study questions.
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$16.95
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Chief Pocatello
ISBN 0-89301-222-x
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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
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$14.95
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Nez Perce Women in Transition 1877-1990
ISBN 0-89301-188-6
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University of Idaho Press
Caroline James
Unique individual accounts recorded directly from personal interviews with Nez Perce women ranging in age from 20 to 90.
Cloth, 274 pages, 209 photographs, 2 maps
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$49.95
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Offering Smoke: The Sacred Pipe and Native American Religion
ISBN 0-89301-126-6
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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.
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$22.95
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Battlefields of Nebraska
ISBN 978-0-87004-471-7
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Caxton Press
Thomas D. Phillips
Today, the state of Nebraska is as peaceful a place as one is likely to find in America. But that wasn't always the case. Located near the center of the continent, and astride the most convenient east-west routes, Nebraska has been the scene of some of the most significant clashes in Western history.
As Thomas Phillips traveled to Nebraska's battle sites and researched the fascinating events associated with them, he became aware that the state possesses a long, rich and important military history that is vivid and stirring but often only dimly remembered.
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6 x 9, Paperback, 300 pages, illustrated, indexed, bibliography.
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$18.95
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Thunder in the Mountains:
The Story of the Nez Perce War
ISBN 0-941734-02-1
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Alpha Omega Publishing
Ronald K. Fisher
Thunder in the Mountains, The Story of the Nez Perce War tells the story of the Nez Perce tribe, focusing on the 1877 Nez Perce War. Writing for young adult readers, Thunder in the Mountains includes legend of how the tribe came to be. Author Ronald K. Fisher also tells how the friendly Nez Perce interacted with members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and early missionaries before new waves of invaders pushed them until they fought back in one of the epic sagas of the American West.
Thunder in the Mountains was edited by Dr. Merle Wells of the Idaho Historical Society.
6x9, Paper, 354 pages, illustrations, index.
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$14.95
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