Restoring a Presence
Subtitle: American Indians and Yellowstone National Park
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: November 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9780806135892
Subjects: American history; Indigenous peoples; United States - State & Local - West; Indians of North America; History; History - General History; United States - State & Local - General; History: World; Wyoming; Land tenure; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Native American; Yellowstone National Park; Anthropology - Cultural; Social life and customs
First sentence: This overview of the role of American Indians in the region of Yellowstone National Park strives to reevaluate existing literature, probe underused or recently discovered sources of archival, ethnographic, and historical data, and invite a fresh survey of contemporary Indian voices and viewpoints regarding the roles that various Indian peoples played in the human evolution of the landscape and region on which the park now sits.
Description: "In the first comprehensive account of Indians in and around Yellowstone, Peter Nabokov and Lawrence Loendorf seek to correct a disparity. Drawing from archaeological records, Indian testimony, tribal archives, and collections of early artifacts from the Park, the authors trace the interactions of nearly a dozen Indian groups with each of Yellowstone's four geographic regions." "Restoring a Presence is illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs and maps and features narratives on subjects ranging from traditional Indian uses of plant, mineral, and animal resources to conflicts involving the Nez Perce, Bannock, and Sheep Eater peoples. By considering the many roles Indians have played in the complex history of the Yellowstone region, authors Nabokov and Loendorf provide a basis on which the National Park Service and other federal agencies can develop more effective relationships with Indian groups in the Yellowstone region."--Jacket.