The Salish People and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Revised Edition

by Elders Cultural Advisory Council, Salish-Pend d'Oreille Culture Committee, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

Book Overview

On September 4, 1805, in the upper Bitterroot Valley of what is now western Montana, more than four hundred Salish people were encamped, pasturing horses, preparing for the fall bison hunt, and harvesting chokecherries as they had done for countless generations. As the Lewis and Clark expedition ventured into the territory of a sovereign Native nation, the Salish met the strangers with hospitality and vital provisions while receiving comparatively...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803243111
• ISBN13: 9780803243118
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.9" x 7.8"