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BIGART, ROBERT J. Getting Good Crops: Economic And Diplomatic Survival Strategies Of The Montana Bitterroot Salish Indians 1870-1891.
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 2010. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
In 1870, the Bitterroot Salish IndiansÑcalled "Flatheads" by the first white explorers to encounter themÑwere a small tribe living on the western slope of the Northern Rocky Mountains in Montana Territory. Pressures on the Salish were intensifying during this time, from droughts and dwindling resources to aggressive neighboring tribes and Anglo-American expansion. In 1891, the economically impoverished Salish accepted government promises of assistance and retreated to the Flathead Reservation, more than sixty miles from their homeland. In Getting Good Crops, Robert J. Bigart examines the full range of available sources to explain how the Salish survived into the twentieth century, despite their small numbers, their military disadvantages, and the aggressive invasion of white settlers who greedily devoured their land and its natural resources. Bigart argues that a key to the survival of the Salish, from the early nineteenth century onward, was their diplomatic agility and willingness to form strategic alliances and friendships with non-Salish peoples. In doing so, the Salish navigated their way through multiple crises, relying more on their wits than on force. The Salish also took steps to sustain themselves economically. Although hunting and gathering had been their mainstay for centuries, the Salish began farming Ñ "getting good crops" Ñ to feed themselves because buffalo were becoming increasingly scarce. Raised on the Flathead Reservation himself, the author is seeking to convey the Salish story from their perspective, despite the paucity of written Salish testimony. What emerges is a picture Ñ both inspiring and heartbreakingÑ of a people maintaining autonomy against all odds.
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39.95 USD
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BIGART, ROBERT J. Life And Death At St Mary's Mission, Montana.
SKC Press, Stevensville: 2005. 1931291411 / 9781931291415 First Edition. s Softcover. Brand new book.
Published by Salish Kootenai College Press, this book chronicles the story of how St. Mary's Mission in Stevensville, Montana, served the Salish Indians and other Roman Catholic residents of the Bitterroot Valley in its early years. This book covers the history of the mission from 1866-1891, provides translations in English of St. Mary's records of baptism, marriages and deaths, and family histories of many Indian families mentioned in the documents.
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20.20 USD
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