The longest trail: writings on American Indian history, culture, and politics

In: A Vintage original

Abstract

Part I. Putting Indians into American history -- Listening to Indians: a commentary / by Clifford Trafzer -- A continent awakes -- Indians of the sound -- Tecumseh, the greatest Indian -- The Hudson's Bay Company and the American Indians -- "A most satisfactory council" -- Red morning in Minnesota -- The last stand of Chief Joseph -- Part II. Indians and the natural world -- Native endurance: a connection to place: a commentary / by Jaime Pinkham -- Cornplanter, can you swim? The Native Americans' fight to hold onto their land base -- "Like giving heroin to an addict": the reassertion of Native American water rights -- The great northwest fishing war -- The Hopi way -- Part III. The miracle of Indian survival -- Let's make the deal: Indian country's history of success: a commentary / by Mark Trahant -- The American Indian and the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- The historical and cultural context of White-Native American conflicts -- "You are on Indian land!