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Sahaptian Place Names Atlas of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla
By Eugene S. Hunn, E.• Thomas Morning Owl • Phillip E. Cash Cash • Jennifer Karson Engum.
A compelling account of interactions between a homeland and its people. In Cáw Pawá Láakni, places named in Indian languages are juxtaposed with sites that are central to the colonial period in the West adding a needed and vivid Native perspective to the written history and geography of Oregon and the West.
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Čáw Pawá Láakni – They Are Not Forgotten
Sahaptian Place Names Atlas of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla
By Eugene S. Hunn, E.• Thomas Morning Owl • Phillip E. Cash Cash • Jennifer Karson Engum.
This ethnogeographic atlas of Native place names documents and describes more than four hundred place names. The full-color, detailed maps and the narrative that introduces and supports them paint a picture of a way of life. This meticulous assemblage of memory and meaning echoes cultural and geographical information that has all but disappeared from common knowledge.
