Ruby, Robert H. & Brown, John A. The Spokane Indians.

RUBY, Robert H. & BROWN, John A. The Spokane Indians. (Children of the Sun.) Expanded ed. Univ. of Oklahoma Press. 346p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. c2006. 0-8061-3761-4. $24.95. SA

First published in 1970 and now reprinted with a new introduction, The Spokane Indians is essentially the long saga of a fairly small tribe living in what is now the state of Washington and trying to survive the onslaught of white settlers and the soldiers and bureaucrats of the American government. Carefully researched and annotated, the text offers, along with a few maps and pictures, a blow-by-blow account of how the Spokanes dealt with the treaty makers, the army officers, the road builders and the missionaries who came to "civilize" them, convert them, teach them and/or take their land and its minerals. Even though the authors, in their new introduction, seem to see improvements in the living standards and economic and educational opportunities of the Spokane, the tale, overall, is a sad one. Patricia Moore, Chestnut Hill, MA

S--Recommended for senior high school students.

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