Lewis and Clark among the Nez Perce : strangers in the Land of the Nimiipuu
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Pinkham Allen ; Evans Steven Ross (1943) ; Hoxie Frederick E (1947-....) ;
- Editeurs : Washburn, North Dakota Dakota Institute Press of the Lewis & Clark Fort Mandan Foundation ;
- Date d'édition : Cop. 2013
- ISBN : 978-0-9834059-8-6, 0-9834059-8-0, 978-0-9834059-9-3, 0-9834059-9-9
- Sujets : Indiens d'Amérique -- Historiographie -- États-Unis (ouest), Pionniers, Nez Percés (Indiens), États-Unis (ouest) -- Découverte et exploration, Lewis, Meriwether, Clark
- Comprend : Strangers in the Land of the Nimiipuu
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XX-298 p.), : Ill., cartes, jaquette ill. en coul., 24 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Bibliogr. p. 278-287. Index
Résumé
'Lewis and Clark Among the Nez Perce is a generous and careful re-evaluation of what we all thought we knew about Lewis and Clark west of the Bitterroot Mountains. It is also a template for a series of tribal histories of the Lewis and Clark expedition that will be inspired by this book. Incidents we thought we knew backwards and forwards suddenly take on a new light when the historical lens is reversed, and the reader begins to understand what the extended visit of Lewis and Clark meant to their hosts--approximately four months of daily interchange with a community of Indians the white visitors regarded as especially friendly, hospitable, and helpful to the success of the expedition'