Indians of the Pacific Northwest: From the Coming of the White Man to the Present Day Cherokee True to the ACLU’s spirit

True to the ACLU’s spirit of principled dissent

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Jacob urges us to continue the timeless Indigenous tradition of engaging with stories and one another to build connection and strength within ourselves

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Indians of the Pacific Northwest: From the Coming of the White Man to the Present Day Cherokee True to the ACLU’s spiritThe definitive and moving account of the Pacific Northwest tribes and their struggle to maintain their culture and traditional homelands. The Pacific Northwest was one of the most populated and prosperous regions for Native Americans before the coming of the white man. By the mid 1800s, measles and smallpox decimated the Indian population, and the remaining tribes were forced to give up their ancestral lands. Vine Deloria Jr. tells the story of these