Lewis and Clark through Indian eyes

Synopsis

At the heart of this landmark collection of essays rests a single question: What impact, good or bad, immediate or long-range, did Lewis and Clark s journey have on the Indians whose homelands they traversed? The nine writers in this volume each provide their own unique answers; from Pulitzer prize-winner N. Scott Momaday, who offers a haunting essay evoking the voices of the past; to Debra Magpie Earling s illumination of her ancestral family, their survival, and the magic they use to this day; to Mark N. Trahant s attempt to trace his own blood back to Clark himself; and Roberta Conner s comparisons of the explorer s journals with the accounts of the expedition passed down to her. Incisive and compelling, these essays shed new light on our understanding of this landmark journey into the American West. "