The longest trail : writings on American Indian history, culture, and politics

Josephy, Alvin M. 1915-2005 (author.). Jaffe, Marc, (editor.). Wandschneider, Rich, (editor.).

Summary: This collection, which includes magazine articles, speeches, a white paper, and introductions and chapters of books, gives a generous and reasoned view of five hundred years of Indian history in North America from first settlements in the East to the long trek of the Nez Perce Indians in the Northwest. The essays deal with the origins of still unresolved troubles with treaties and territories to fishing and land rights, and who should own archaeological finds, as well as the ideologies that underpin our Indian policy.

Record details

ISBN: 9780345806918
ISBN: 0345806913
ISBN: 9780345806925
ISBN: 0345806921
ISBN: 9780345806925
Physical Description: print
xiv, 530 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2015.
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-493) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Pt. 1: Putting American Indians into American history -- Listening to Indians: A commentary / Clifford Trafzer -- A continent awakes -- Indians of the sound -- Tecumseh, the greatest Indian -- The Hudson's Bay Company and the American Indians -- "A most satisfactory council" -- Red morning on the Minnesota -- The last stand of Chief Joseph -- Pt. 2: Indians and the natural world -- Native endurance: A connection to place: a commentary / Jaime A. Pinkham -- Cornplanter, can you swim? The Native Americans' fight to hold on to their land base -- "Like giving heroin to an addict": The reassertion of Native American water rights -- The great northwest fishing war -- The Hopi way -- Pt. 3: The miracle of Indian survival -- Let's make the deal -- Indian country's history of success: A commentary / Mark Trahant -- The American Indian and the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- The historical and cultural context of White-Native American conflicts -- "You are on Indian land!"