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The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory: Nimiipuu Survival
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The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory: Nimiipuu Survival Hardback - 2008

by J. Diane Pearson; Foreword by Patricia Penn Hilden

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Following the Nez Perce War of 1877, federal representatives promised the Nimiipuu who surrendered with Chief Joseph repatriation to their Pacific Northwest homes. Instead, they were driven into exile. This book tells the story of the Nimiipuu captivity and deportation and offers an in-depth analysis of the resistant Nez Perce, Cayuse, and Palus bands during their incarceration.

Focusing on the tribes' eight years in exile, J. Diane Pearson describes their arduous forced journey from Montana to the Ponca Agency in Indian Territory. She depicts their everyday experiences in a captivity marked by grueling poverty and disease to weave a compelling story of tragedy and heroism.

The resistance of the survivors is a never-before-told story reconstructed through new sources and oral histories. Pearson tells how the Nimiipuu advocated for their aboriginal and civil rights and for the return to their Wallowa Valley homelands. And she describes how they turned their prison odyssey into a time of renewal, learning to adapt to federal strategies in order to force authorities to heed their voices, and finally negotiating their release in 1885.

Impeccably researched, with insights into the prisoners' daily lives, The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory is the only comprehensive record of this phase of Nez Perce history.

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  • Title The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory: Nimiipuu Survival
  • Author J. Diane Pearson; Foreword by Patricia Penn Hilden
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 408
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Oklahoma Press
  • Publication date 2008-05-15
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780806139012 / 0806139013
  • Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.19 x 6.46 x 1.25 in (23.34 x 16.41 x 3.18 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects Nez Perce Indians - Wars, 1877, Nez Perce Indians - Government relations
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007037205
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.83

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Citations

  • Choice, 04/01/2009, Page 0
  • Multicultural Review, 12/01/2008, Page 66
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2008, Page 68

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