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BOOK NOTES
| Oregon Historical Quarterly volunteers and staff created these Book Notes by drawing on publishers' descriptions. Editors have chosen to not review the following list of books but nevertheless wish to notify readers of their publication. |
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The Spokane Indians: Children of the Sun
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by Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown
forewords by Robert L. Bennett and George Hill
introduction by Lynn Pankonin
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| University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2006. Photographs, bibliography, index. 384 pages. $24.95 paper. |
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| This expanded edition is a tribal history of the Spokane Indians, beginning with an account of their early life in the Pacific Northwest central plateau region. It describes in harrowing detail the U.S. government's encroachment on their lands and the subsequent enforced settlement of Spokane people on reservations, concluding with a presentation of twentieth-century developments. This edition features an introduction by Lynn Pankonin, tribal historian for the Spokane tribe, which provides up-to-date information on the Spokane people and their most recent efforts to recover and strengthen their historical and cultural heritage. |
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Learning to Write "Indian": The Boarding-School Experience and American Indian Literature
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by Amelia V. Katanski
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| University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2007. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. 288 pages. $24.95 cloth, $16.95 paper. |
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| Indian boarding schools, located off-reservation, took Native children from their families in an effort to "kill" their tribal cultures, languages, and religions. The author investigates the impact of the boarding school experience on the American Indian literary tradition through an examination of turn-of-the-century student essays and autobiographies as well as contemporary plays, novels, and poetry. Through these poignant and explosive accounts, often vented with anger and frustration, readers learn that these students developed complex self-definitions and turned their new literacy in English to their own purposes. |
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Portland
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by Walter Fortner
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| Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2007. Photographs. 128 pages. $19.99 paper. |
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| Two hundred postcards fill the pages of the new photographic history book Portland. Local author Walter Fortner presents a collection of rare images for his book, concentrating on postcards from the early 1900s, when postal regulations opened the door to the production of the picture postcard, to around 1930. Fortner's collection includes Portland's grand hotels, buildings, bridges, sailing ships, and the natural beauty of the surrounding area. |
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Married to a Daughter of the Land: Spanish-Mexican Women and Interethnic Marriage in California, 1820–1880
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by María Raquél Casas
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| University of Nevada Press, Reno, 2007. Photographs, notes, bibliography. 274 pages. $34.95 cloth. |
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| This work provides the first comprehensive scholarly treatment of Mexican/Euro-American intermarriage in the Spanish borderlands. Historian María Raquél Casas examines the role of Spanish-Mexican women in the development of California and finds that, far from being helpless debutantes in a male-dominated society, they were often determined creators of their own destinies. Using a wide range of primary and secondary sources in English and Spanish, Casas unveils a picture of women's lives in the critical decades just prior to and after the U.S.-Mexican War. |
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Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest
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by William Neill
photographs by Doug Hepburn and William Neill
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| Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, Montana, 2007. Photographs, bibliography, index. 208 pages. $18.00 paper. |
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| This volume is a field guide to 118 of the most commonly encountered butterflies in Washington, Oregon, and parts of California, Nevada, Idaho, and Canada. With text and 312 color photographs, the author discusses the field marks that distinguish each species and provides information about butterfly biology, habitat, and behavior. |
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Images of America: Molalla
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by Judith Sanders Chapman and Lois E. Helvey Ray
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| Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2008. Photographs. 128 pages. $19.99 paper. |
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| Famous for its annual Fourth of July Buckaroo rodeo and parade event, Molalla is a quaint western Oregon town. It has roots dating back to the Oregon Trail and grew as an important agricultural center, and it is also known for its many logging operations and lumber mills. More than 200 vintage photographs, some previously unpublished, depict the area's rich history and close-knit community atmosphere. |
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