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• ISBN: 9780806141336
• ISBN: 0806141336
• Physical Description: xiv, 284 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2010.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : questions and methods -- Strategic seeds : pre-1870 origins of Salish survival strategies -- Dancing with death : Bitterroot Salish diplomacy and military struggle on the buffalo grounds, 1870-1883 -- Prickly allies : Salish efforts on the buffalo hunt to preserve their military alliance with the Whites, 1870-1883 -- Navigating a minefield : the Nez Perce War crisis and Salish relations with Missoula County Whites, 1870-1878 -- Coping with the great father : the politics of Salish survival, 1868-1886 -- Hesitant friendship : Salish-White cooperation and amity in the Bitterroot Valley, 1870-1891 -- Keeping the lid on : Salish-White friction in the Bitterroot Valley, 1870-1891 -- "I have ploughed with my hands, they are worn out" : Salish agricultural development in the Bitterroot Valley, 1870-1889 -- "Charlot loves his people!" : the defeat of Salish aspirations for an independent Bitterroot Valley community, 1889-1891 -- Epilogue : the struggle continues.

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Salish Indians > Montana > Bitterroot River Valley > History > 19th century.
Salish Indians > Wars > Montana > Bitterroot River Valley > History > 19th century.
Whites > Montana > Bitterroot River Valley > Relations with Indians > History > 19th century.
Whites > Montana > Bitterroot River Valley > History > 19th century.
Bitterroot River Valley (Mont.) > History > 19th century.
Salish Indians.
Whites.
Whites > Relations with Indians.
Montana > Bitterroot River Valley.

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History.

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