Indians of the Pacific Northwest
By Vine Deloria Jr., Billy Frank & Steve Pavlik
- Release Date: 2016-07-06
- Genre: History
The Pacific Northwest was one of the most populated and prosperous regions for Native Americans before the coming of the white man. By the mid-1800s, measles and smallpox decimated the Indian population, and the remaining tribes were forced to give up their ancestral lands. Vine Deloria Jr. tells the story of these tribes’ fight for survival, one that continues today.