Publications of Salish Kootenai College Tribal History Project

Challenge to Survive: History of the Salish Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation Texts for a junior high school course on Flathead Reservation history. Includes contemporary documents and twentieth century interviews with tribal elders to mphasize eyewitness memories and personal experiences. Unit 4 nearing publication and Unit 5 under development. Click here for purchasing information.

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Unit I: From Time Immemorial: Traditional Life, Pre-1800
Describes traditional Salish and Pend d’Oreille lifeways through the memories and stories of tribal elders such as Pete Beaverhead, Louise Lumprey, Paul Antoine, and Johnny Arlee. Includes extensive Salish language vocabulary to accompany the text.

        • 8.5 x 11 inches, 96 pages, full color, paperback, $15.00

 

Unit II: Three Eagles and Grizzly Bear Looking Up Period, 1800-1840
Weaves together elders’ stories, eyewitness accounts by white people, and a trader’s inventory to describe a period of exciting change from horses, trader’s goods, and missionary teachings. Conflict with Plains Indian tribes pushed the Salish and Pend d’Oreille into a military alliance with the white trappers and traders.

  • 8.5 x 11 inches, 80 pages, three color, paperback, $15.00

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Unit III: Victor and Alexander Period, 1840-1870
Diplomacy guided the tribes as they worked to protect their interests while keeping the peace with an expanding white population. Greedy white whiskey traders and unkept promises by the United States government complicated life for Salish and Pend d’Oreille leaders. Includes a gallery of pencil portraits of Salish, Pend d’Oreille, and Iroquois leaders in western Montana during the 1850s period.

        • 8.5 x 11 inches, 96 pages, three color, paperback, $15.00

 

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The Lower Flathead River: A Cultural, Historical, and Scientific Resource
compiled by David Rockwell

A resource designed for teachers and students in the later high school years. Includes a stunning portfolio of river scenes by photographer Jake Wallis; interviews with Salish, Pend d’Oreille, and Kootenai elders about the traditional use of the river; an essay by Thompson Smith about the history of the river and Kerr dam; a summary of the geology, plants, and animals of the area; and an introduction to the ecological changes and problems impacting the river.

  • 11 x 8.5 inches (oblong), 128 pages with 16 pages full color, paperback, $15.00.

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Gift of the Bitterroot ~ Children’s Book

Describes the Salish and Pend d’Oreille story of how the bitterroot was given to them. Story as told by Johnny Arlee, illustrated by Antoine Sandoval.

              • 8.5 x 11 inches, 32 pages, full color, paperback, $15.00

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Grizzly Bear Looking Up Book

This book is a story of survival and hope taken from an interview with a Salish elder in the 1930's. During the interview, elder Zephire Lumpry, told a powerful story of young boy experiencing the first smallpox epidemic that struck the Salish around 1780.

  • 11 x 8.5 inches, 32 pages, black and white, paperback, $15.00

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Kootenai Aboriginal Territory Classroom Map

Aboriginal Territory Map of the Kootenai, Black and White photos on Full Color Map,
$30.00, on cork board $60.00

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Salish Aboriginal Territory Classroom Map

Aboriginal Territory Map of the Salish and Pend d’Oreille, Black and White photos on Full Color Map, $30.00, on cork board $60.00

Copies can be ordered from:

SKC Tribal History Project, PO Box 70, Pablo, MT 59855 or by email julie_cajune@skc.edu

Classroom sets available at a 50% discount for orders of 15 or more copies
Retail discount of 30%.

Shipping: $2.00 first book, plus $.50 for each additional book of any title.

Prepayment required on orders from individuals.

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