As Long as the River Shall Run: An Ethnohistory of Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation

by Martha C. Knack and Omer C. Stewart

Book Overview

The history of the Northern Paiutes of Pyramid Lake in northwestern Nevada is one fraught with the conflicts and tensions of the modern West--relentless encroachment by non-Indians into Indian lands; disputes over scarce water; endangerment of a rare and valuable species of fish--all played out on a stage that stretches from the centers of national politics in Washington, DC, to a remote desert reservation where an ancient people struggles to preserve...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874173345
• ISBN13: 9780874173345
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.2"