{"product_id":"montana-memories-the-life-of-emma-magee-in-the-rocky-mountain-west-1866-1950-9781934594087","title":"Montana Memories: The Life of Emma Magee in the Rocky Mountain West, 1866-1950","description":"\u003ci\u003ePublished by the Salish Kootenai College Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMontana Memories\u003c\/i\u003e is the life story of a mixed-blood Indian woman in western Montana and southern Alberta during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born in 1866 to a white trader and a Shoshone and Salish Indian mother, Emma Magee saw Montana change from Indian Country to a part of industrial America. When she was born, mixed-blood Indians were socially part of the white community in Montana. By the time she died in 1950, however, mixed-bloods were considered Indians. \u003cp\u003eIn the memoirs of her long and dramatic life, Magee recounts many interesting aspects of early Montana: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Her father's experiences as a free trader in the Rocky Mountains. \u003cbr\u003e-Her mother's tales of her Shoshone ancestors. \u003cbr\u003e-Her memories of her life as a mixed-blood child in the Missoula Valley during the nineteenth century. \u003cbr\u003e-Her father's and other relatives' role in the Nez Perce War of 1877. \u003cbr\u003e-Her travels with her first husband through the Upper Flathead Country and the Thompson Falls area of Montana and High River, Alberta. \u003cbr\u003e-Her move with her second husband to the Flathead Indian Reservation and her impressions of the impact of allotment and the new irrigation system on the reservation community. \u003cbr\u003e-Her daughter's life in the boarding school at St. Ignatius Mission in the early twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Salish Kootenai College Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934594087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ida S. Patterson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670987010204,"sku":"9781934594087","price":9.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_363af45a-4b02-47e3-8bc1-64d40927b80a.jpg?v=1603924151","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/montana-memories-the-life-of-emma-magee-in-the-rocky-mountain-west-1866-1950-9781934594087","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}