Nez Perce Exile
The Struggle for Freedom, 1877-1885
Although the Nez Perce War of 1877 ended with Chief Joseph's surrender
at Montana's Bear Paw battlefield, the desperate struggle of Joseph's people
was just beginning. For the next eight years they would experience hunger,
sickness, and death during their exile in Indian Territory, a time in which
Joseph continued to fight for his people's return to their Northwest home.
Until Larry D. O'Neal's Nez Perce Exile, however, those years have
often been an overlooked chapter in the history of the war and the people
it affected the most. Part of the Northwest History Series.
ISBN 1-930-111-64-9, 51 pages, 7.5x8 inches, trade paper, maps, photographs,
index. $9.00 cover price.
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"In this small volume, Larry O'Neal shines a bright light into a
dark and little-known corner of one of the most significant episodes in
the history of the American West. Through years of quiet, diligent research,
O'Neal has uncovered materials that will completely reshape our understanding
of what the Nez Perce people suffered during their long and tragic exile
in Indian Territory. This book is a gift to historians and readers who care
about the true stories of what befell the Indian people during our nation's
relentless conquest of lands the Native people once held as their own."
Kent Nerburn, author of Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce:
The Untold Story of an American Tragedy |
