Mountain Spirit: The Sheep Eater Indians of Yellowstone
- ISBN-10
- 0874808677
- ISBN-13
- 9780874808674
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Authors
- Lawrence L. Loendorf, Nancy Medaris Stone
Description
Drawing on the results of ongoing archaeological excavations and extensive ethnographic work among descendant native peoples, this volume discusses the many groups that visited or lived in Yellowstone in prehistoric and historic times, putting to rest the pervasive notion that Indians did not inhabit the area.
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