{"product_id":"peoples-of-the-plateau-2-steven-l-grafe-9780806137421","title":"Peoples of the Plateau, 2: The Indian Photographs of Lee Moorhouse, 1898-1915","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe remarkable photographs in \u003ci\u003ePeoples of the Plateau\u003c\/i\u003e capture the lives of Pacific Northwest Indians at the turn of the twentieth century--and at a turning point in their own history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Columbia River Plateau, in the interior Pacific Northwest, was populated for centuries by the Umatilla, Walla Walla, and Cayuse Indians. By the late nineteenth century, after the U.S. government had confined these peoples to a single reservation, their lives began to change irrevocably. Major Lee Moorhouse, a businessman and former militia officer, served as an Indian agent during this period. Believing that the Indians he encountered were a \"dying race,\" Moorhouse was driven to collect their artifacts and, for posterity, take their photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough he was not a professional photographer, Moorhouse produced more than 9,000 glass-plate negatives, one-third with Indians as his subjects. Although his works to some degree reflect a stereotypical view, they are an invaluable aid for tribal researchers and historians because they identify their subjects by name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book marks the first major examination of Moorhouse and his work. Featuring eighty exquisite plates, it not only showcases Moorhouse's extensive photographs but also tells the story of the man--about whom little is known--and of the world in which he lived and worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven L. Grafe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806137428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806137421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 9.68w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2006 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2006","brand":"Steven L. Grafe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988274774271,"sku":"9780806137421","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef1a11ca-827d-42c4-8a75-a8ac913fc74b.jpg?v=1683293607","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/peoples-of-the-plateau-2-steven-l-grafe-9780806137421","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}