Wilson, David H., Jr.,

Northern Paiutes of the Malheur high desert reckoning in Oregon Country / David H. Wilson Jr. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2022. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Paiute-White encounters, 1826 and 1862 -- Before Whites -- "Wholly and completely different" -- Paiute power -- Keeping up appearances -- Dark dawn -- A messenger to my heart -- The snake war -- A home on their native soil -- A troika -- A new agent -- The Bannock Uprising -- Exodus -- Truth management -- Barren Valley imbroglio -- Rescue -- A reckoning on Steens Mountain -- Silver Creek -- A great circle -- Crania absentia -- Placing the Paiutes -- A big talk -- Doing right by the Paiutes -- Backlash -- Untethered from truth -- Gold and cattle -- According to Howard -- White Whim; Paiute Penury -- A Yale Ho-Chunk.

"In Northern Paiutes of the Malheur, David H. Wilson Jr. recounts the epic story of settler colonialism and protracted periods of warfare between Northern Paiutes and White settlers in the Oregon Country from the early 1850's to the Indian New Deal in the 1930s. The engaging narrative of Northern Paiute survivance in the face of 19th-Century war, population decline, and eventual tribal resurgence is a tale of resistance, adaptation, and tribal strategies to retain land and sovereignty"--



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Indians of North America--Wars--Oregon--Malheur County.
Paiute Indians--Wars--1866-1895.
Paiute Indians--History--Oregon--Malheur County--20th century.
Paiute Indians--History--Oregon--Malheur County--19th century.


Electronic Books.

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