People of The Dalles: The Indians of Wascopam Mission: a Historical Ethnography Based on the Papers of the Methodist Missionaries
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1996
Subjects
Wascopam Mission, Chinook Indians -- Missions, Shahaptin Indians -- Missions, Chinook Indians -- Social life and customs, Shahaptin Indians -- Social life and customs
Abstract
People of The Dalles is the story of the Chinookan (Wasco-Wishram) and Sahaptin peoples of The Dalles area of the Columbia River, who encountered the Lewis & Clark expedition in 1805–6. The early history and culture of these communities is reconstructed from the accounts of explorers, travelers, and the early writings of the Methodist missionaries at Wascopam, in particular the papers of Reverend Henry Perkins. Boyd covers early nineteenth century cultural geography, subsistence, economy, social structure, life-cycle rituals, and religion. People of The Dalles also details the changes that occurred to these people's traditional life-ways, including their relationship with Methodism following the devastating epidemics of the early 1830s. Today, descendants of the Chinookan and Sahaptin peoples are enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and the Yakama Nation.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/25174
Citation Details
Boyd, Robert T., "People of The Dalles: The Indians of Wascopam Mission: a Historical Ethnography Based on the Papers of the Methodist Missionaries" (1996). Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations. 148.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/25174