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(Nez Percé Chief) Joseph 1840-1904 Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis) 1830-1909 Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis) 1830-1909 Fiction National parks and reserves United States Nez Percé Indians Nez Percé Indians Fiction Nez Percé Indians Government relations Nez Percé Indians Wars, 1877 Nez Percé Indians Wars, 1877 Fiction Parks United StatesMoulton, Candy
Summary: A portrait of the Nez Perce diplomat and defender covers the 1863 treaty that called for his tribe's removal to an Idaho reservation, his people's four month flight toward safety in Canada under his leadership, and his war leadership upon their capture forty miles from their destination. Chief Joseph, 1840-1904, became a legend due to his heroic efforts to keep his people in their homeland in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOSEPH, Chief MoultonCrichton, Judy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1999
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.88 CRIGreene, Jerome A.
Summary: "In the fall of 1877, Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) Indians were desperately fleeing U.S. Army troops. After a 1,700-mile journey across Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana, the Nez Perces headed for the Canadian border, hoping to find refuge in the land of the White Mother, Queen Victoria. But the army caught up with them at the Bear's Paw Mountains in northern Montana, and following a devastating battle,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971 GRESharfstein, Daniel J.
Summary: "Chronicles the epic clash between General Oliver Otis Howard, who took on a mission in the Pacific Northwest to force Native Americans onto reservations, and the Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph, who refused to leave his ancestral land"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979 SHASchofield, Brian.
Summary: Part historical narrative, part travelogue, and part environmental plea, this book recounts an astonishing journey. Joseph, chief of the peaceable Nez Perce band in Oregon's Wallowa Valley, had long sworn to uphold the dying words of his father: "This country holds your father's body. Never sell the bones of your mother and your father." Yet, in 1877, as the U.S. government confined the tribe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.5004 SCHLandau, Elaine.
Summary: "Do you like horses? Then you'll love learning all about the Appaloosa. Many Appaloosas have colorful, spotted coats--and these horses are useful as well as beautiful. Did you know that Appaloosas helped the Nez Perce American Indians in buffalo hunts? Or that modern Appaloosas compete in both races and rodeo events? Learn more about Appaloosas in this fun and fascinating book!"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.13 LANWest, Elliott
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.83 WESNerburn, Kent
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancicso 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOSEEPH NerburnLavender, David Sievert
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 LAVHarden, Blaine
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14 returns with the riveting and revealing story of one of the most persistent "alternative facts" in American history: the story of a missionary, a tribe, a massacre, and a myth that shaped the American West In 1836, two missionaries and their wives were among the first Americans to cross the Rockies by covered wagon on what would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.5 HARLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASVollmann, William T.
Summary: In this new installment in his series of novels examining the collisions between Native Americans and European colonizers, William T. Vollmann tells the story of the Nez Perce War, with flashbacks to the Civil War. Defrauded and intimidated at every turn, the Nez Perces finally went on the warpath in 1877, subjecting the U.S. Army to its greatest defeat since Little Big Horn as they fled from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015