Native North American History - Great Basin Tribes

The Northern Shoshoni

Name: The Northern Shoshoni
Author: Brigham D. Madsen
ISBN: 9780870042669

by Brigham D. Madsen

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Overview

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press
Historian Brigham Madsen has devoted muchof his career to telling the story of the Shoshoni. The trimbe once occupied a huge region that included portions of Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. Madsen tells the story of these proud people and their struggle to adapt tot he massive cultural changes that have occurred during the past 150 years.

About the Author, Brigham D. Madsen

Brigham Madsen, a former University of Utah history professor, spent many years studying the history and culture of the various branches of the Shoshoni nation. He has published several books about the Shoshoni tribes, including The Lemhi: Sacajawea's People also published by Caxton Press.

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The Broadside

"Read(s)like fiction. . . . A tribute to his art as a storyteller . . . will hold the interest of anyone interested in. . .the West."—The Broadside, Central Oregon Community College

The Broadside, Central Oregon Community College

Parts of Madsen's book read like fiction, which is a tribute to his art as a storyteller. It is a book that will hold the interest of anyone interested in, or concerned about, the West and its development.