First in This Land
Voices and Verse from Naxiyamtáma (Snake River-Palouse) and Other Columbia Plateau Tribal Elders
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This collection of readings attests to the unique relationship the indigenous Snake River-Palouse and Umatilla peoples have long had with their traditional homelands in the Inland Pacific Northwest. These accounts by tribal elders and consultants reflect a vibrant existence across a majestic landscape of rivers, prairies, and mountains that formed the basis of rich material and spiritual experience amidst the challenges of Euro-American cultural contact. Selections include important oral and ethnographic accounts gathered by historians Clifford Trafzer and Richard Scheuerman through many years of collaboration with Malissa Minthorn and other members of the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Pendleton, Oregon. The result is a remarkable assembly of readings that encourages efforts to safeguard crucial cultural and environmental perspectives.
Clifford E Trafzer
Clifford E. Trafzer is the Distinguished Professor of History and the Rupert Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs at the University of California-Riverside.
Richard D Scheuerman
Retired Seattle Pacific University Associate Professor Dr. Richard D. Scheuerman grew up on a small Palouse Country farm between Endicott and St. John, Washington. He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Gonzaga University, an M.A. in History from Pacific Lutheran University, and a B.A. in History and Education from Washington State University. The co-author of more than ten books on Pacific Northwest history, he has received the Washington State Historical Society's Robert Gray Medal, the Washington Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, a Schneidmiller Foundation grant, and the University of California-Riverside Rupert Costo Medallion for Research in Native American History.
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