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Oglala Sioux
Warriors in Transition
Häftad, 2010
195 kr
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Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) physician Robert H. Ruby arrived on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota to oversee the health needs of the Oglala Sioux tribe during a period of significant transformation and change in federal Indian policies. As Ruby came to know the individuals living on the …
Doctor Among the Oglala Sioux Tribe
The Letters of Robert H. Ruby, 1953-1954
Av Robert H. Ruby, Cary C. Collins m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
543 kr
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In 1953 young surgeon Robert H. Ruby began work as the chief medical officer at the hospital on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He began writing almost daily to his sister, describing the Oglala Lakota people he served, his Bureau of Indian Affairs colleagues, and day-to-day life …
Chinook Indians
Traders of the Lower Columbia River
Av Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown
Häftad, 1988
339 kr
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The Chinook Indians, who originally lived at the mouth of the Columbia River in present-day Oregon and Washington, were experienced traders long before the arrival of white men to that area. When Captain Robert Gray in the ship Columbia Rediviva, for which the river was named, entered the Columbia …
Indians of the Pacific Northwest
A History
Av Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown
Häftad, 1988
357 kr
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More than one hundred Indian tribes in fifteen language groups inhabited the area of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Western Montana in the nineteenth century. This important work, the first composite history of the region's native inhabitants, covers the period roughly from 1750 to 1900, from the …
Half-Sun on the Columbia
A Biography of Chief Moses
Av Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown
Häftad, 1995
249 kr
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Chief Moses (Sulktalthscosum or Half-Sun) was chief of the Columbias, a Salish-speaking people of the mid-Columbia River area in what is now the state of Washington. This award-winning biography by Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown situates Moses in the opening of the Northwest and subsequent …
Esther Ross, Stillaguamish Champion
Av Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown
Inbunden, 2001
364 kr
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Oh God, here comes Esther Ross."" Such was the greeting she received from members of the U.S. Congress during her repeated trips to the Capitol on behalf of Stillaguamish Indians. Tenacious and passionate, Esther Ross's refusal to abandon her cause resulted in federal recognition of the …
Dreamer-Prophets of the Columbia Plateau
Smohalla and Skolaskin
Av Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown
Häftad, 2002
252 kr
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Seekers after wisdom have always been drawn to American Indian ritual and symbol. This history of two nineteenth-century Dreamer-Prophets, Smohalla and Skolaskin, will interest those who seek a better understanding of the traditional Native American commitment to Mother Earth, visionary experiences …
Cayuse Indians
Imperial Tribesmen of Old Oregon Commemorative Edition
Av Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown
Inbunden, 2005
411 kr
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In this book, Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown tell the story of the Cayuse people, from their early years through the nineteenth century, when the tribe was forced to move to a reservation. First published in 1972, this expanded edition is published in 2005 in commemoration of the sesquicentennial …
Spokane Indians
Children of the Sun
Av George Hill, Robert H. Ruby m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
281 kr
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This tribal history of the Spokane Indians begins with an account of their early life in the Pacific Northwest central plateau region. It then describes in harrowing detail the U.S. government's encroachment on their lands and the subsequent enforced settlement of Spokane people on reservations. …
Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest
Av Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
293 kr
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The Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest inhabit a vast region extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and from California to British Columbia. For more than two decades, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest has served as a standard reference on these diverse …
John Slocum and the Indian Shaker Church
Av Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown
Häftad, 2018
305 kr
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This detailed, well-documented history describes the life of the Squaxin spiritual leader John Slocum and the growth in the Pacific Northwest of his Indian Shaker Church (not to be confused with eastern Shakerism). Students of Native American religion and Christianity will find this a moving story …
Esther Ross, Stillaguamish Champion
Av Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown
Häftad, 2019
260 kr
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Oh God, here comes Esther Ross."" Such was the greeting she received from members of the U.S. Congress during her repeated trips to the Capitol on behalf of Stillaguamish Indians. Tenacious and passionate, Esther Ross's refusal to abandon her cause resulted in federal recognition of the …
Cayuse Indians
Imperial Tribesmen of Old Oregon Commemorative Edition
Av Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown
Häftad, 2022
252 kr
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In this book, Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown tell the story of the Cayuse people, from their early years through the nineteenth century, when the tribe was forced to move to a reservation. First published in 1972, this expanded edition is published in 2005 in commemoration of the sesquicentennial …
