When the River Ran Wild!: Indian Traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs Reservation

by George W. Aguilar and Jarold Ramsey

Book Overview

"Nearly seventy-five years of my lifetime have come and gone since hearing of the sparse historical events from the old-timers," American Indian elder George Aguilar tells us. "It's my turn now." When the River Ran Wild is Aguilar's recounting of events he heard about while watching his grandmother make moccasins by the light of a coal-oil lamp and while strapped to the back of his aunt's horse on the way to the huckleberry grounds. He...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295984848
• ISBN13: 9780295984841
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.1" x 8.9"