Nch'i-Wana, "The Big River"

Autorentext
Eugene Hunn is emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Washington. He is the author of Nch'i-Wana, "The Big River": Mid-Columbia Indians and Their Land (University of Washington Press, 1990) and A Zapotec Natural History: Trees, Herbs, and Flowers, Birds, Beasts, and Bugs in the Life of San Juan Gbëë (University of Arizona Press, 2008); and coauthor of Cáw Pawá Láakni / They Are Not Forgotten: Sahaptian Place Names Atlas of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla (University of Washington Press, 2014).

Klappentext
This book is about mid-Columbia Indians and their land. The author overturns many of the myths the dominant culture holds about Native Americans and even some misconceptions perpetrated by earlier scholarship in the field.

Inhalt
Acknowledgments

Indian Words in the Text

1. Introduction

2. History

3. Language

4. Ecology

5. Animal and Plant Resources

6. Society

7. Religion

8. From the Treaties to Today

Bibliography

Appendixes

Index

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