A Great Many of Us Have Good Farms: Agent Peter Ronan Reports on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, 1877-1887 Contributor(s): Ronan, Peter (Author), Bigart, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1934594105 ISBN-13: 9781934594100 Publisher: Salish Kootenai College Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: March 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | United States - 19th Century |
Dewey: 978.680 |
LCCN: 2013051323 |
Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.09" W x 9.07" L (1.54 lbs) 448 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: Published by the Salish Kootenai College Press Peter Ronan (1839-93) was the government agent for the Salish and Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana from 1877 until his death. It was a period of rapid cultural and economic change for the tribes as hunting and gathering resources declined and the surrounding white population exploded in western Montana. As an ex-newspaperman, Ronan provided reports to the commissioner of Indian Affairs with unusually full and detailed information about Flathead Reservation events during a critical time for the tribes. Ronan was a unique federal Indian Agent in the nineteenth century both because of both the length of his tenure and his ability to work with tribal leaders. "A Great Many of Us Have Good Farms" includes Ronan's letters from 1877-87, when the Salish and Kootenai navigated crises that could have destroyed the tribes. In 1877 the tribes worked hard to stay out of the Nez Perce War, after which they then had to avoid conflict with white settlers who could mistake them for hostiles and a government that tried to deprive them of guns and ammunition for hunting and self-defense. The Bitterroot Valley Salish struggled to preserve their right to live in their traditional homeland. The letters, an 1884 photographic tour of the reservation, and a biographical sketch of Ronan provide a rich and exciting journey through nineteenth-century Flathead Indian Reservation history. |
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