Lewis and Clark Through Indian Eyes: Nine Indian Writers on the Legacy of the Expedition-Fast Shipping

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At the heart of this landmark collection of essays rests a single question: Whatimpact, good or bad, immediate or long-range, did Lewis and Clark’s journey haveon the Indians whose homelands they traversed? The nine writers in this volume eachprovide their own unique answers; from Pulitzer prize-winner N. Scott Momaday, whooffers a haunting essay evoking the voices of the past; to Debra Magpie Earling’sillumination of her ancestral family, their survival, and the magic they use to thisday; to Mark N. Trahant’s attempt to trace his own blood back to Clark himself; andRoberta Conner’s comparisons of the explorer’s journals with the accounts of theexpedition passed down to her. Incisive and compelling, these essays shed new lighton our understanding of this landmark journey into the American West.