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Letters from the Rocky Mountain Indian Missions
Av Philip Rappagliosi, Robert J. Bigart
Häftad, 2013
275 kr
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Letters from the Rocky Mountain Indian Missions reveals the life of an Italian Jesuit as he worked at three missions in the northern Rocky Mountains from 1874 to 1878. Meticulously translated and carefully annotated, the letters of Father Philip Rappagliosi (1841–78) are a rare and rich source of …
Providing for the People
Economic Change Among the Salish and Kootenai Indians, 1875-1910
Inbunden, 2020
529 kr
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The years between 1875 and 1910 saw a revolution in the economy of the Flathead Reservation, home to the Salish and Kootenai Indians. In 1875 the tribes had supported themselves through hunting - especially buffalo - and gathering. Thirty-five years later, cattle herds and farming were the …
Providing for the People
Economic Change Among the Salish and Kootenai Indians, 1875–1910
Häftad, 2022
283 kr
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The years between 1875 and 1910 saw a revolution in the economy of the Flathead Reservation, home to the Salish and Kootenai Indians. In 1875 the tribes had supported themselves through hunting—especially buffalo—and gathering. Thirty-five years later, cattle herds and farming were the foundation …
Getting Good Crops
Economic and Diplomatic Survival Strategies of the Montana Bitterroot Salish Indians, 1870–1891
Häftad, 2027
280 kr
Kommande
Tells how one American Indian tribe survived despite overwhelming challengesIn 1870, the Bitterroot Salish Indians—called “Flatheads” by the first white explorers to encounter them—were a small tribe living on the western slope of the Northern Rocky Mountains in Montana Territory. Pressures on the …
Indian Chiefs Vs. Government Agents
Politics and Law Enforcement on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, 1875–1910
Inbunden, 2026
761 kr
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In Indian Chiefs vs. Government Agents Robert J. Bigart examines the years of dramatic change that occurred between 1875 and 1910 for the Salish and Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Major changes in the tribal economy were accompanied by the growing power of …
Pretty Village
Documents of Worship and Culture Change, St. Ignatius Mission, Montana, 1880-1889
Häftad, 2007
366 kr
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The 1880s were a critical decade for the Salish and Kootenai people of the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The recent loss of the plains buffalo herds forced tribal members to look for new ways to support themselves. The priests and schools at St. Ignatius Mission taught many of the …
Zealous in All Virtues
Documents of Worship and Culture Change, St. Ignatius Mission, Montana, 1890-1894
Häftad, 2007
366 kr
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St. Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana was a bustling place in the early 1890s. Each year well over three hundred Native American students attended the schools and over a thousand tribal members and Indian visitors camped at the mission for the Christmas, Easter, …
"a Great Many of Us Have Good Farms"
Agent Peter Ronan Reports on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, 1877-1887
Av Peter Ronan, Robert J. Bigart
Häftad, 2014
280 kr
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Published by the Salish Kootenai College PressPeter Ronan (1839–93) was the government agent for the Salish and Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana from 1877 until his death. It was a period of rapid cultural and economic change for the tribes as hunting and …
Justice to Be Accorded to the Indians
Agent Peter Ronan Reports on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, 1888-1893
Av Peter Ronan, Robert J. Bigart
Häftad, 2014
280 kr
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Published by the Salish Kootenai College Press Peter Ronan (1839–93) was the government agent for the Salish and Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana from 1877 until his death. It was a period of rapid cultural and economic change for the tribes as hunting and …
Duncan McDonald
Flathead Indian Reservation Leader and Cultural Broker, 1849-1937
Av Robert J. Bigart, Joseph McDonald
Häftad, 2016
194 kr
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Duncan McDonald (1849–1937) led a remarkable life as an entrepreneur, tribal leader, historian, and cultural broker on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The mixed-blood son of a Hudson’s Bay Company fur trader and a Nez Perce Indian woman, Duncan accompanied the Pend d’Oreille …
Nez Perces
The History of Their Troubles and the Campaign of 1877
Av Duncan McDonald, Robert J. Bigart m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
194 kr
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This history of the Nez Perce War was written in 1878–79 by Duncan McDonald, a relative of Chief Looking Glass and the son of a Hudson’s Bay Company fur trader and a Nez Perce Indian woman. McDonald spent most of his life on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana.McDonald wrote the …
Cowboy's Life Is Very Dangerous Work
The Autobiography of a Flathead Reservation Indian Cowboy, 1870-1944
Av Malcolm McLeod, Mary Adele Rogers m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
136 kr
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The story of the cattle barons has often overshadowed the experiences of the common cowboy on whose labor the ranchers’ wealth was built. Malcolm McLeod recorded the life of privation and danger of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century mixed-blood cowboy. He worked for cattle owners …
We All Believed Indian
The Life and Prosperity of a Mixed Blood Tribal Elder on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, 1897–1995
Av Charles McDonald, Robert J. Bigart m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
180 kr
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This book is a window into the Flathead Indian Reservation of western Montana in the twentieth century. The manuscript has been taken from the transcripts of a series of thirteen audio and video interviews conducted with Charles Duncan McDonald between 1982 and 1991. He tells much about his life, …
"Sometimes My People Get Mad When the Blackfeet Kill Us"
A Documentary History of the Salish and Pend D'Oreille Indians, 1845–1874
Av Robert J. Bigart, Joseph McDonald
Häftad, 2019
294 kr
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The documents collected in this book provide a window into a challenging and dangerous period in the history of the Salish and Pend d’Oreille Indians of western Montana. Although all of these sources were written or recorded by white people, used carefully, the documents provide important …
"You Seem to Like Your Money, and We Like Our Country"
A Documentary History of the Salish, Pend D'Oreille, and Kootenai Indians, 1875–1889
Av Robert J. Bigart, Joseph McDonald
Häftad, 2020
338 kr
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In the middle of the nineteenth century, the Salish, Pend d’Oreille, and Kootenai tribes of western Montana navigated a world of military struggles with enemy tribes in alliance with the newly arrived tribe of white Americans. By the last quarter of the century-from 1875 to 1889-the paradigm had …
To Keep the Land for My Children's Children
Documents of Salish, Pend D'Oreille, and Kootenai Indian History, 1890–1899
Av Robert J. Bigart, Joseph McDonald
Häftad, 2020
338 kr
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To Keep the Land for My Children’s Children is a collection of primary documents about the Salish and Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana between 1890 and 1899. The 1890s witnessed the heartbreaking climax of the struggle of Chief Charlo and the Salish Indians to …
Indians Were Prosperous
Documents of Salish, Pend D'Oreille, and Kootenai Indian History, 1900–1906
Av Robert J. Bigart, Joseph McDonald
Häftad, 2021
338 kr
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By the beginning of the nineteenth century the crescendo of economic change on the Flathead Reservation was reaching a climax. Income was not distributed equally on the reservation even though by 1905 the Indians were basically self-supporting and most of the poorer tribal members had enough to get …
"Us Indians Don't Want Our Reservation Opened"
Documents of Salish, Pend D'Oreille, and Kootenai Indian History, 1907–1911
Av Robert J. Bigart, Joseph McDonald
Häftad, 2021
338 kr
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The written records of Salish, Pend d’Oreille, and Kootenai Indian history between 1907 and 1911 are dominated by continued complaints against allotting and opening the reservation. A long string of letters and a series of delegations to Washington, DC, left no doubt that the Indian leaders and …
"We Want Freedom and Citizenship"
Documents of Salish, Pend D'Oreille, and Kootenai Indian History, 1912–1920
Av Robert J. Bigart, Joseph McDonald
Häftad, 2021
395 kr
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The nine years between 1912 and 1920 were a period of economic and political struggle for the Salish and Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The Indian people toiled to maintain their economic independence despite the theft of most of their land assets. The new …
Warrior Athletes
Some Salish and Kootenai Indian Sports Stars
Av Robert J. Bigart, Joseph McDonald
Häftad, 2023
185 kr
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Warrior Athletes tells the story of ten prominent twentieth-century Salish and Kootenai Indian athletes from the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana: Charles Allard Jr. was a University of Montana football star and the 1901 captain of the Grizzly football team. Two Feathers, William …
Salish and Kootenai Indian Chiefs Speak for Their People and Land, 1865–1909
Av Robert J. Bigart, Joseph McDonald
Häftad, 2023
390 kr
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Named a 2023 Best Historical Material from the American Library AssociationThis collection includes talks or petitions by Salish and Kootenai chiefs found in the surviving historical record. The Salish and Kootenai Indians of the Flathead Indian Reservation confronted many crises in the late …
Chief Eneas Bigknife
Kootenai Indian Patriot and Diplomat
Av Peter Ronan, Robert J. Bigart
Häftad, 2025
208 kr
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Chief Eneas Bigknife: Kootenai Indian Patriot and Diplomat has been assembled from excerpts of the letters of Flathead Indian Reservation agent Peter Ronan written to the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs about Ronan’s dealings with Eneas Bigknife, chief of the Flathead Reservation Kootenai …
In the Name of the Salish and Kootenai Nation
The 1855 Hell Gate Treaty and the Origin of the Flathead Indian Reservation
Av Robert J. Bigart, Clarence Woodcock
Häftad, 1996
194 kr
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On July 16, 1855, eighteen leaders of the Flathead, Kootenai, and Upper Pend d'Oreilles Indians signed an agreement with the United States government, ceding their title to almost all the land in western Montana and establishing the Flathead Indian Reservation. Born of confusion and disagreement, …
Getting Good Crops
Economic and Diplomatic Survival Strategies of the Montana Bitterroot Salish Indians, 1870–1891
Inbunden, 2010
453 kr
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Tells how one American Indian tribe survived despite overwhelming challengesIn 1870, the Bitterroot Salish Indians - called ""Flatheads"" by the first white explorers to encounter them - were a small tribe living on the western slope of the Northern Rocky Mountains in Montana Territory. Pressures …
