ISBN-13: 9780160495144
Hardcover
808 Pages
Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 12: Plateau
by Deward E Walker (Editor), William C Sturtevant (Editor)
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Product Details
ISBN-139780160495144
ISBN-100160495148
PublisherSmithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Published1998-06-17
LanguageEnglish
FormatHardcover
Pages808
About This Book
Provides a summary of what is known about the prehistory, history, and culture of the American Indians of the Plateau Culture area. This area is defined by the region in northwestern United States and southwestern Canada drained by the Columbia and Fraser rivers excepting certain portions of the northern Great Basin drained by the Snake River. The Plateau culture area includes the Interior Salishan peoples, the Sahaptian peoples, and several cultural isolates, Athapaskan outliers, and the Kootenai and Cayuse.