The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory

by Pearson, J. Diane

• ISBN13: 9780806139012
• ISBN10: 0806139013
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-30
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

A compelling story of tragedy and heroism

Author Biography

J. Diane Pearson teaches American Indian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
List of Personal Names	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 3
Policy, Politics, and Administration: Prologue to Captivity	p. 9
Lapwai to the Bear Paw: The Road to Surrender	p. 28
Fifty Days: The Bear Paw to Fort Leavenworth	p. 52
Survival and Military Jurisdiction at Fort Leavenworth	p. 77
Life in the Eeikish Pah, the Hot Place	p. 115
Peace Chiefs and Diplomats	p. 146
Removal to the Oakland Subagency: New Lives, Demographics, and Changing Intertribal Relationships	p. 164
Life at the Oakland Subagency: Challenges and Change	p. 181
Federal Indian Schools and Nimiipuu, Palus, and Cayuse Students	p. 222
Communities of Faith in the Indian Territory	p. 238
Interactions and Life in the Indian Territory	p. 251
Leaving the Indian Territory	p. 266
Epilogue	p. 295
Notes	p. 299
Bibliography	p. 355
Index	p. 373
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