northwest, pacific

The Nez Perce were once the largest group of Native Americans in the western United States. Their number once exceeded 6,000 in over 50 separate tribes. Except for occasional clashes with neighbors, the Nez Perce lived peacefully in lush homelands on the Snake River in central Idaho, western Oregon, and western Washington. They welcomed Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery in 1804. The Nez Perce coexisted peacefully with whites for decades. However, a series of treaties in the mid-1800s greatly reduced their territory to make room for white settlers. In 1877, federal authorities ordered all Nez Perce to move within the boundaries of a reservation. A handful of Nez Perce warriors attacked and killed some white settlers in protest. Their hostile acts led to the Nez Perce War of 1877 and changed the lives of the Nez Perce forever.

In this guidebook, the reader is invited to take a tour of the bridges of the Pacific Northwest and meet the friendly monsters who live under them.

Although in remission, Jessie's leukemia makes it hard for her to make friends, so when she hits it off with the wild and adventurous Max, Jessie wants to report that Max's guardians are abusive drug users, but is afraid to risk their friendship.

"A young girl in a Pacific Northwest Native American tribe in the 1920s must deal with the death of her father and the loss of her tribe's traditional ways"--Provided by publisher.

Three women from different eras struggle to overcome hardship on the Big Muddy Ranch in the Pacific Northwest.

Describes the ways of life of American Indians of the Pacific Northwest, discussing class hierarchies, economy, and inter-tribal warfare.

Honor Donovan, shut out of the family business by her father and four brothers, hires Jake Mallory to help her investigate when her favorite brother Kyle disappears with a fortune in stolen amber, and finds herself drawn into a high-stakes game of politics, greed, and love.