People of The Dalles is the story of the Chinookan (Wasco-Wishram) and Sahaptin peoples of The Dalles area of the Columbia River, who encountered the Lewis & Clark expedition in 1805–6. The early history and culture of these communities is reconstructed from the accounts of explorers, travelers, and the early writings of the Methodist missionaries at Wascopam, in particular the papers of Reverend Henry Perkins. Boyd covers early nineteenth century cultural geography, subsistence, economy, social structure, life-cycle rituals, and religion. People of The Dalles also details the changes that occurred to these people's traditional life-ways, including their relationship with Methodism following the devastating epidemics of the early 1830s. Today, descendants of the Chinookan and Sahaptin peoples are enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and the Yakama Nation.
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"This highly recommended work is a fine example of ethnographic and historic investigation, providing a compelling methodological lesson for students of historical ethnography, anthropology, Native American studies, and the Columbia River plateau region."-Choice (CHOICE )
"This is a major contribution to Plateau ethnography and culture history, especially the history of its religions."-Ethnohistory (Ethnohistory )
"A significant contribution to the literature of the people of the Columbia River . . . an extremely interesting book."-Oregon Historical Quarterl (Oregon Historical Quarterly )
"This is a major contribution to Plateau ethnography and culture history, especially the history of its religions."-Ethnohistory (Ethnohistory )
"A significant contribution to the literature of the people of the Columbia River . . . an extremely interesting book."-Oregon Historical Quarterl (Oregon Historical Quarterly )
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"This highly recommended work is a fine example of ethnographic and historic investigation, providing a compelling methodological lesson for students of historical ethnography, anthropology, Native American studies, and the Columbia River plateau region."—Choice. "This is a major contribution to Plateau ethnography and culture history, especially the history of its religions."—Ethnohistory. "A significant contribution to the literature of the people of the Columbia River . . . an extremely interesting book."—Oregon Historical Quarterly. "A commendable, thought-provoking, and extremely well-written book."—Canadian Journal of Native Studies. "A meticulous reconstruction of . . . . local people undergoing traumatic change."—Journal of American History.
People of The Dalles is the story of the Chinookan (Wasco-Wishram) and Sahaptin peoples of The Dalles area of the Columbia River, who encountered the Lewis & Clark expedition in 1805–6. The early history and culture of these communities is reconstructed from the accounts of explorers, travelers, and the early writings of the Methodist missionaries at Wascopam, in particular the papers of Reverend Henry Perkins. Boyd covers early nineteenth century cultural geography, subsistence, economy, social structure, life-cycle rituals, and religion. People of The Dalles also details the changes that occurred to these people's traditional life-ways, including their relationship with Methodism following the devastating epidemics of the early 1830s. Today, descendants of the Chinookan and Sahaptin peoples are enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and the Yakama Nation.
Robert Boyd is an adjunct associate professor of anthropology at Portland State University and the author of The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence: Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774–1874. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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