Oregon Indians: Voices from Two Centuries
- ISBN-10
- 0870710885
- ISBN-13
- 9780870710889
- Category
- History / Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
- Pages
- 583
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Author
- Stephen Dow Beckham
Description
From "first encounters" in the late eighteenth century to modern tribal economies, this rich documentary history charts the major trends shaping the lives of Oregon Indians and how those Indians perceived their changing world.
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Other editions
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- 1983
- 229 pages
- Paperback
- Western Imprints, the Press of the Oregon Historical Society
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