{"product_id":"the-nez-perces-in-the-j-diane-pearson-9780806139012","title":"The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory: Nimiipuu Survival","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the Nez Perce War of 1877, federal representatives promised the Nimiipuu who surrendered with Chief Joseph repatriation to their Pacific Northwest homes. Instead, they were driven into exile. This book tells the story of the Nimiipuu captivity and deportation and offers an in-depth analysis of the resistant Nez Perce, Cayuse, and Palus bands during their incarceration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the tribes' eight years in exile, J. Diane Pearson describes their arduous forced journey from Montana to the Ponca Agency in Indian Territory. She depicts their everyday experiences in a captivity marked by grueling poverty and disease to weave a compelling story of tragedy and heroism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe resistance of the survivors is a never-before-told story reconstructed through new sources and oral histories. Pearson tells how the Nimiipuu advocated for their aboriginal and civil rights and for the return to their Wallowa Valley homelands. And she describes how they turned their prison odyssey into a time of renewal, learning to adapt to federal strategies in order to force authorities to heed their voices, and finally negotiating their release in 1885.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImpeccably researched, with insights into the prisoners' daily lives, \u003cem\u003eThe Nez Perces in the Indian Territory\u003c\/em\u003e is the only comprehensive record of this phase of Nez Perce history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Diane Pearson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806139013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806139012\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 05\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 6.46w x 1.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Oklahoma Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2009","brand":"J. Diane Pearson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43992460656895,"sku":"9780806139012","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f99557d3-3565-42dd-bec8-2ea38c202587.jpg?v=1683319071","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nez-perces-in-the-j-diane-pearson-9780806139012","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}