Indians in Yellowstone National Park
Revised Edition
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Joel Janetski
6 x 9, 145 pp.
20 illustrations
Paper $15.95
978-0-87480-724-0
Native America
In Indians of Yellowstone Park,Joel Janetski uses archaeological evidence and historical sources to reconstruct past human events in the Park. His newly revised popular history includes expanded archaeological and historical information, presenting prehistoric uses of the Park and human influences on its ecosystem. Indians of Yellowstone Park provides an engrossing study of peoples from prehistoric and historic times well acquainted with the are, and also documents the traces of their past amidst the grandeur that is Yellowstone Park. An enlightening tour of Yellowstone’s past for today’s visitor.
Praises and Reviews
“Joel Janetski’s new edition of The Indians of Yellowstone Park is an important and timely addition to the popular literature of the Park.”
- Kenneth P. Cannon, National Park Service, Midwest Archaeological Center
"As of this writing, hundreds - maybe thousands - of Americans are standing at airline ticket gates to fly to overseas destinations, subjecting themselves to hefty price increases because of dollar devaluation. Ask them if they've ever visited Yellowstone Park, and most shake their heads "no." Take their names and send them a copy of Janetski's book, not simply because it shows the historical role of Indians the Park but also its collective wonders. Brigham Young University professor of anthropology Janetski examines such matters as the first human visitors to what we now know as the Park and what happened to them, how the Nez Perce escaped U.S. troops in the Park in 1877, and how Indians perceived the Park's geysers and hot springs.
As one whose son worked as a chef in Yellowstone Park for seven years, I can recommend this book for reasons that may not occur to many of us. Following a massive forest fire in the Park, I was astounded to find fallen trees by the thousand lying like random matchsticks in the forest. It made sense only when I realized that it reflected nature's own rhythms and that manmade instincts to tidy it up were, at best, artificial.
- www.historywire.com
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