A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest: Volume 173 (Civilization of the American Indian) - Softcover

Ruby, Robert H.; Brown, John A.; Collins, Cary C

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806140240 ISBN 13: 9780806140247

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010

Synopsis

Over the centuries the Indians of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and western Montana have adapted their lifeways to their region’s radically different environments-an evolution that in some tribes continues to this day, as they conform to the demands of contemporary American society.

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About the Author

Robert H. Ruby was both physician and independent scholar. Along with John A. Brown, he was coauthor of numerous books, including Indians of the Pacific Northwest: A History.

John A. Brown was Professor Emeritus of History at Wenatchee Valley College, Washington. He is coauthor of numerous books, including Indians of the Pacific Northwest: A History.

Cary C. Collins, a public school teacher living in Maple Valley, Washington, is the editor of Assimilation's Agent: My Life as a Superintendent in the Indian Boarding School System.

Clifford E. Trafzer, Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside, is the author or editor of numerous books, including Death Stalks the Yakama: Epidemiological Transitions and Mortality on the Yakama Indian Reservation, 1888-1964 and A Chemehuevi Song: The Resilience of a Southern Paiute Tribe. The Western History Association has conferred on Trafzer the American Indian History Lifetime Achievement Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806140240
• ISBN 13: 9780806140247
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 464