Shadow tribe : the making of Columbia River Indian identity /
Andrew H. Fisher.
- Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, (c)2010.
- 1 online resource (xi, 337 pages, 16. pages of plates).
- The Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- People of the river -- Making treaties, making tribes -- They mean to be Indian always -- Places of persistence -- Spaces of resistance -- Home folk -- Submergence and resurgence.
Based on more than a decade of archival research and conversations with Native people, Andrew Fisher's book traces the waxing and waning of Columbia River Indian identity from the mid-nineteenth through the late twentieth centuries. Fisher explains how, despite policies designed to destroy them, the shared experience of being off the reservation and at odds with recognized tribes forged far-flung river communities into a loose confederation called the Columbia River Tribe. Environmental changes and political pressures eroded their autonomy during the second half of the twentieth century, yet many River People continued to honor a common heritage of ancestral connection to the Columbia, resistance to the reservation system, devotion to cultural traditions, and detachment from the institutions of federal control and tribal governance. At times, their independent and uncompromising attitude has challenged the sovereignty of the recognized tribes, earning Columbia River Indians a reputation as radicals and troublemakers even among their own people. --From publisher's description.
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Indians of North America--History.--Columbia River Valley Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.--Columbia River Valley Indians of North America--Government relations.--Columbia River Valley Tribal government--Columbia River Valley.