Author: DR. ROBERT H. RUBY M.D.; JOHN A. BROWN; LANG, WILLIAM L. [FOREWORD]; CONNER, ROBERTA [INTRODUCTION]
Title: The Cayuse Indians: Imperial Tribesmen of Old Oregon Commemorative Edition (the Civilization of the American Indian Series)
Description: Norman, OK, U.S.A.: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. ISBN: 0806137002. Signed, without inscription, by Robert Ruby upon title page. xix, [3], 3-414 pages. Bibliography. Index. Map endpapers. Footnotes. Maps. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Tells the story of a remarkable people, from their early years through the nineteenth century, when the tribe was forced to move to a reservation. Before, during, and after the encroachment of white settlers, the Cayuse Indians were a powerful tribe, inhabiting a vast Pacific Northwest region between the Cascade and Rocky mountains. First published in 1972, this edition commemorates the sesquicentennial of the treaty between the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Tribes and the U.S. government on June 9, 1855, as well as the bicentennial of Lewis and Clark's visit to the tribal homeland in 1805 and 1806." - dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Caycuse Indians; Signed by Author(s). Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0806137002 Native Peoples