MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2010008794
003 DLC
005 20110409084945.0
008 100312s2010 okuab b s001 0 eng
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020 $a9780806141336 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0806141336 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn610855445
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050 00 $aE99.S2$bB54 2010
082 00 $a978.6/89$222
100 1 $aBigart, Robert.
245 10 $aGetting good crops :$beconomic and diplomatic survival strategies of the Montana Bitterroot Salish Indians, 1870-1891 /$cRobert J. Bigart.
260 $aNorman :$bUniversity of Oklahoma Press,$cc2010.
300 $axiv, 284 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aThe civilization of the American Indian series ;$vv. 266
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : questions and methods -- Strategic seeds : pre-1870 origins of Salish survival strategies -- Dancing with death : Bitterroot Salish diplomacy and military struggle on the buffalo grounds, 1870-1883 -- Prickly allies : Salish efforts on the buffalo hunt to preserve their military alliance with the Whites, 1870-1883 -- Navigating a minefield : the Nez Perce War crisis and Salish relations with Missoula County Whites, 1870-1878 -- Coping with the great father : the politics of Salish survival, 1868-1886 -- Hesitant friendship : Salish-White cooperation and amity in the Bitterroot Valley, 1870-1891 -- Keeping the lid on : Salish-White friction in the Bitterroot Valley, 1870-1891 -- "I have ploughed with my hands, they are worn out" : Salish agricultural development in the Bitterroot Valley, 1870-1889 -- "Charlot loves his people!" : the defeat of Salish aspirations for an independent Bitterroot Valley community, 1889-1891 -- Epilogue : the struggle continues.
650 0 $aSalish Indians$zMontana$zBitterroot River Valley$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSalish Indians$xWars$zMontana$zBitterroot River Valley$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aWhites$zMontana$zBitterroot River Valley$xRelations with Indians$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aWhites$zMontana$zBitterroot River Valley$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aBitterroot River Valley (Mont.)$xHistory$y19th century.
830 0 $aCivilization of the American Indian series ;$vv. 266.