Warm Springs Millennium: Voices from the Reservation

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Established in 1855 on an area one-fifteenth the size of the lands relinquished in return for it, the Warm Springs Reservation in north central Oregon is home to some 3,600 Warm Springs, Wasco, and Paiute Indians, half of whom are under 20. This book seeks to understand the reservation’s inhabitants as a viable people who are both visible and vocal as they reflect on their daily lives, their struggles and successes, and their hopes for the future. The authors present extended interviews with seven Indian and two non-Indian members of the community. They discuss issues such as the difficulty of maintaining traditional lifeways centred around hunting, fishing, and gathering; the disruptions caused by alcoholism and diseases such as diabetes; and the need of culturally appropriate education for the young. The authors frame the interviews with explanatory material that covers the reservation’s history and relations with white society and its efforts to transmit native languages and cultural traditions to its children.