{"product_id":"northern-paiutes-of-the-malheur-high-desert-reckoning-in-oregon-country-hardback-9781496230454","title":"Northern Paiutes of the Malheur; High Desert Reckoning in Oregon Country (Hardback) 9781496230454","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNorthern Paiutes of the Malheur\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHigh Desert Reckoning in Oregon Country\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid H. Wilson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496230454\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 May 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 17 photographs, 2 illustrations, 3 maps, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.678 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“In this searing and painstakingly researched account, Wilson challenges the accepted story of [the Paiutes’] exile . . . and argues persuasively that they were victims . . . of a misinformation campaign whose effects have lasted more than a century.”-\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Wrong was done to the Paiutes-it’s as simple as that-and the passion David Wilson puts into telling their story comes through more powerfully for the restrained and careful way he tells it. This will be a book of lasting value for its contributions to the history of the West and for its simple, elegant prose, which is a western artifact of its own. Both authoritative and exciting to read, this is an excellent piece of work.”-Ian Frazier, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eGreat Plains\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn the Rez\u003c\/i\u003e and two-time winner of the Thurber Prize\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“An outstanding text that flips the official narrative of the Bannock War and clears Egan.”-Ethan Gauthier, \u003ci\u003ePacific Northwest Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"In this well-researched and meticulously argued history of the Northern Paiutes who were involved in the 1878 Bannock War, David Wilson constructs an ethnographic record of what transpired before and during that war.\"-Sondra Cosgrove, \u003ci\u003eNevada Historical Society Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eNorthern Paiutes of the Malheur\u003c\/i\u003e David Wilson captures the untold story of Chief Egan and our people, fulfilling the wish of my grandfather Hubert Egan for the true story of the Paiutes, hidden for almost a century and a half, to be revealed at last.”-Nancy Egan, direct descendant of Chief Egan and representative of the Egan family\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Fascinating. . . . Extensively researched and carefully documented, \u003ci\u003eNorthern Paiutes of the Malheur\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in Native American history of the Northwest.”-Steven Lubet, author of \u003ci\u003eThe “Colored Hero” of Harper’s Ferry: John Anthony Copeland and the War against Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eNorthern Paiutes of the Malheur\u003c\/i\u003e fills a historical gap with a meticulously researched, fascinating story of the survival of a small band of Indians who wanted to go home-and eventually did. . . . David H. Wilson Jr. does extremely well in describing personalities and backgrounds of leading characters in the story, bringing them to life as real people, not dull figures from a history book. He also excels at placing events in context of some of the cultural and social movements that affected Indian policy.”-Roberta Ulrich, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indian Nations from Termination to Restoration, 1953–2006\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“David H. Wilson Jr.’s beautifully written book tells the story of the Northern Paiutes in their historical lands of southeastern Oregon. The Paiutes had learned to survive in this harsh and spectacular landscape in ways that were antithetical to the manifest destiny drive of dominant society. Warfare and persecution of the Paiute people was justified by the long-standing lies of self-serving Indian agents. Wilson shines truth on this sad yet amazing story.”-Jim Scott, founder of the Foundation for Community Vitality in Montana\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Portland author David H. Wilson Jr. spent eight years hiking and rafting Oregon’s high desert, meeting with descendants of the Paiutes, and researching primary sources to untangle the causes of a tragedy as infuriating in its own way as the Cherokee Trail of Tears. The result is a chronicle that deserves to be recognized as a definitive work of Native American history.”-Matt Buckingham, \u003ci\u003eWillamette Week\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNorthern Paiutes of the Malheur\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful book, one that seeks to finally deliver the justice the Northern Paiute were due after the war and never received. . . . Wilson adroitly balances the refutation of previous scholarship with the strength of his own, and it is a book that will help shape future interpretations of the short but devastating Bannock War.\"-Katrina Phillips, H-Environment\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2023 Oregon Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1870 a twenty-six-year-old Paiute, Sarah Winnemucca, wrote to an army officer requesting that Paiutes be given a chance to settle and farm their ancestral land in Oregon Country. The eloquence of her letter was such that it made its way into \u003ci\u003eHarper’s Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. Ten years later, as her people languished in confinement as a result of the Bannock War, she convinced Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz to grant the requests in her letter and to free the Paiutes as well. Schurz’s decision unleashed a furious campaign of disinformation by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, cattlemen, and settlers, overturning Schurz’s decision, sweeping truth aside, and falsely branding Paiute chief Egan as instigator of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To this day histories of the Paiutes appear to be unanimous in their mistaken claim that Egan led his Paiutes into the Bannock War. Indian agents’ betrayal of the people they were paid to protect saddled Paiutes with responsibility for a war that most opposed and that led to U.S. misappropriation of their land, their only source of life’s necessities. With neither land nor reservation, Paiutes were driven more deeply into poverty and disease than any other Natives of that era. In \u003ci\u003eNorthern Paiutes of the Malheur\u003c\/i\u003e David H. Wilson Jr. pulls back the curtain to reveal what government officials hid-exposing the full jarring injustice and, after 140 years, recounting the Paiutes’ true and proud history for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Author’\u003cbr\u003es Note\u003cbr\u003e Dramatis Personae\u003cbr\u003e Preamble\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Paiute-White Encounters, 1826 and 1862\u003cbr\u003e 2. Before Whites\u003cbr\u003e 3. “\u003cbr\u003eWholly and Completely Different”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Paiute Power\u003cbr\u003e 5. Keeping Up Appearances\u003cbr\u003e 6. Dark Dawn\u003cbr\u003e 7. A Messenger to My Heart\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Snake War\u003cbr\u003e 9. A Home on Their Native Soil\u003cbr\u003e 10. A Troika\u003cbr\u003e 11. A New Agent\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Bannock Uprising\u003cbr\u003e 13. Exodus\u003cbr\u003e 14. Truth Management\u003cbr\u003e 15. Barren Valley Imbroglio\u003cbr\u003e 16. Rescue\u003cbr\u003e 17. Steens Mountain\u003cbr\u003e 18. Silver Creek\u003cbr\u003e 19. A Great Circle\u003cbr\u003e 20. Crania Absentia\u003cbr\u003e 21. Placing the Paiutes\u003cbr\u003e 22. A Big Talk\u003cbr\u003e 23. Doing Right by the Paiutes\u003cbr\u003e 24. Backlash\u003cbr\u003e 25. Untethered from Truth\u003cbr\u003e 26. Gold and Cattle\u003cbr\u003e 27. According to Howard\u003cbr\u003e 28. A Yale Ho-Chunk\u003cbr\u003e 29. White Whim, Paiute Penury\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600016929048,"sku":"9781496230454","price":25.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/northern-paiutes-of-the-malheur-high-desert-reckoning-in-oregon-country-hardback-9781496230454","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}