{"product_id":"bartering-with-the-bones-of-their-dead-9780295992280","title":"Bartering with the Bones of Their Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTells the story of a tribe whose members waged a painful and sometimes bitter twenty-year struggle among themselves about whether to give up their status as a sovereign nation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This work is a significant contribution to the ever-growing array of studies of termination and Indian life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- John H. Barnhill * Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is an excellent tribal case study of the kind and caliber needed for further understanding of the termination era. It shows how complicated, intense, and permutable the positions and arguments on termination could be among Native groups. It shows how Native individuals played crucial and diverse roles in affecting tribal outcomes in regard to termination and expansive federal policy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Sam Herley * Western Historical Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Arnold, tribal member and director of Native American Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame, succinctly chronicles the response of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville in all its complex detail. Recommended.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The net effect of Arnold's narrative strategy may be that future generations of Colvilles, and future generations of scholars, will see this book not only as a valuable work of tribal history but also as a document of Colville cultural continuity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Thompson Smith * Oregon Historical Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The literature on termination as an Indian policy has been significantly enriched with this publication.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Eleanor Carriker * Columbia Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Laurie Arnold, a member of the Lakes Band of Colville Confederated Tribes, writes thoroughly and sensitively about both sides . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jeff Baker * The Oregonian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. “We want to be Indians forever.”\u003cbr\u003e 2. “It is like giving your eagle feather away.”\u003cbr\u003e 3. “Soon buried in a junk pile of Cadillacs.”\u003cbr\u003e 4. “What is their future?” \u003cbr\u003e 5. “Come back from your pilgrimage to nowhere.” \u003cbr\u003e 6. “Not another inch, not another drop.” \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: “We kept getting a little bit smarter.” \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Major Legislation Affecting the Colville Confederated Tribes \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e References \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400921817431,"sku":"9780295992280","price":29.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295992280.jpg?v=1730471955","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bartering-with-the-bones-of-their-dead-9780295992280","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}