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People of the Dalles
The Indians of Wascopam Mission

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Informationen zum Autor Robert Boyd is an adjunct associate professor of anthropology at Portland State University and the author of The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence: Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774-1874. Klappentext "People of The Dalles" is the story of the Chinookan (Wasco-Wishram) and Sahaptin peoples of The Dalles area of the Columbia River, who encountered the Lewis & Clark expedition in 1805-6. The early history and culture of these communities is reconstructed from the accounts of explorers, travelers, and the early writings of the Methodist missionaries at Wascopam, in particular the papers of Reverend Henry Perkins. Boyd covers early nineteenth century cultural geography, subsistence, economy, social structure, life-cycle rituals, and religion. "People of The Dalles" also details the changes that occurred to these people's traditional life-ways, including their relationship with Methodism following the devastating epidemics of the early 1830s. Today, descendants of the Chinookan and Sahaptin peoples are enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and the Yakama Nation. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of the Chinookan (Wasco-Wishram) and Sahaptin peoples of The Dalles area of the Columbia River! who encountered the Lewis & Clark expedition in 1805-6. This work reconstructs the early history and culture of these communities from the accounts of explorers! travelers! and the writings of the Methodist missionaries at Wascopam.

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