People Before the Park: The Kootenai and Blackfeet before Glacier National Park

by Sally Thompson, Kootenai Cultural Committee, Pikunni Traditional association

Overview

Step out of a world governed by clocks and calendars and into the worldview of the Kootenai and Blackfeet peoples. For countless years, they made their seasonal rounds in the landscape that is now Glacier National Park. In People Before the Park, the Kootenai and Blackfeet tribes share their traditions—stories and legends, foodways and hunting techniques, games and spiritual beliefs. Readers will discover a new respect for the people who were at home in these mountains, all around the seasons.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781940527710
Publisher:	Montana Historical Society Press
Publication date:	07/07/2015
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Sally Thompson has spent over thirty years working with the tribes of the Rocky Mountain West to tell history from their points of view. Her most recent work focused on repatriating human remains and sacred objects to tribes.