The Longest Trail: Writings on American Indian History, Culture, and Politics

Alvin Josephy Jr.'s groundbreaking, popular books and essays advocated for a fair and true historical assessment of Native Americans, and set the course for modern Native American studies. This collection, which includes magazine articles, speeches, a white paper, and introductions and chapters of books, gives a generous and reasoned view of five hundred years of Indian history in North America from first settlements in the East to the long trek of the Nez Perce Indians in the Northwest. The essays deal with the origins of still unresolved troubles with treaties and territories to fishing and land rights, and who should own archeological finds, as well as the ideologies that underpin our Indian policy. Taken together the pieces give a revelatory introduction to American Indian history, a history that continues both to fascinate and inform.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 10/27/2015
ISBN: 9780345806918
Pages: 544
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Library Journal 09/15/2015 pg. 89