ISBN:
9780806141336
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
XIV, 284 S.
Serie:
The civilization of the American Indian series 266
Serie:
The civilization of the American Indian series
DDC:
978.6/89
Schlagwort(e):
Salish Indians History 19th century
;
Salish Indians Wars 19th century
;
History
;
Whites Relations with Indians 19th century
;
History
;
Whites History 19th century
;
Bitterroot River Valley (Mont.) History 19th century
;
Bitterroot River Region
;
Salish
;
Überlebensstrategie
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction : questions and methods -- Strategic seeds : pre-1870 origins of Salish survival strategies -- Dancing with death : Bitterroot Salish diplomacy and military struggle on the buffalo grounds, 1870-1883 -- Prickly allies : Salish efforts on the buffalo hunt to preserve their military alliance with the Whites, 1870-1883 -- Navigating a minefield : the Nez Perce War crisis and Salish relations with Missoula County Whites, 1870-1878 -- Coping with the great father : the politics of Salish survival, 1868-1886 -- Hesitant friendship : Salish-White cooperation and amity in the Bitterroot Valley, 1870-1891 -- Keeping the lid on : Salish-White friction in the Bitterroot Valley, 1870-1891 -- "I have ploughed with my hands, they are worn out" : Salish agricultural development in the Bitterroot Valley, 1870-1889 -- "Charlot loves his people!"; the defeat of Salish aspirations for an independent Bitterroot Valley community, 1889-1891 -- Epilogue : the struggle continues.
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