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1) Nez Perce
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A discussion of the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Nez Perce Indians.
Author
Description
"Hidden in the shadow cast by the great western expeditions of Lewis and Clark lies another journey every bit as poignant, every bit as dramatic, and every bit as essential to an understanding of who we are as a nation -- the 1,800-mile journey made by Chief Joseph and eight hundred Nez Perce men, women, and children from their homelands in what is now eastern Oregon through the most difficult, mountainous country in western America to the high, wintry...
10) The Nez Perce
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Retells the creation myth of the Nez Perce Indians and then relates their history, customs, and daily way of life.
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Description
"This is the story of the so-called Inland Empire of the Northwest, that rugged and majestic region bounded east and west by the Cascades and the Rockies, from the time of the great exploration of Lewis and Clark to the tragic defeat of Chief Joseph in 1877." "And at the center of this history - perhaps even more relevant today than at the original publication of this classic volume - is the confrontation of the Indian and non-Indian during this nation's,...
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Part historical narrative, part travelogue, and part environmental plea, this book recounts an astonishing journey. Joseph, chief of the peaceable Nez Perce band in Oregon's Wallowa Valley, had long sworn to uphold the dying words of his father: "This country holds your father's body. Never sell the bones of your mother and your father." Yet, in 1877, as the U.S. government confined the tribe to ever smaller reservations, the fateful decision of several...