age ~83
from Wood River, IL
In 1953 young surgeon Robert H. Ruby began work as the chief medical officer at the hospital on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He began writing almost daily to his sister, describing the Oglala Lakota people he served, his Bureau of Indian Affairs colleagues, and day-to-day life ...
Author
Robert H. Ruby Dr.
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
448
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN #
080322625X
EAN Code
9780803226258
ISBN #
8
The Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest inhabit a vast region extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and from California to British Columbia. For more than two decades, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest has served as a standard reference on these diverse peo...
Author
Dr. Robert H. Ruby M.D., John A. Brown, Cary C Collins
Binding
Paperback
Pages
464
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN #
0806140240
EAN Code
9780806140247
ISBN #
7
This tribal history of the Spokane Indians begins with an account of their early life in the Pacific Northwest central plateau region. It then describes in harrowing detail the U.S. government’s encroachment on their lands and the subsequent enforced settlement of Spokane people on reservations. The...
Author
Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
346
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN #
080610905X
EAN Code
9780806109053
ISBN #
4
More than one hundred Indian tribes in fifteen language groups inhabited the area of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Western Montana in the nineteenth century. This important work, the first composite history of the region’s native inhabitants, covers the period roughly from 1750 to 1900, from the fi...
Author
Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown
Binding
Paperback
Pages
304
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN #
0806121130
EAN Code
9780806121130
ISBN #
3