Plateau Indian Ways with Words: The Rhetorical Tradition of the Tribes of the Inland Pacific Northwest

by Barbara Monroe

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In Plateau Indian Ways with Words, Barbara Monroe makes visible the arts of persuasion of the Plateau Indians, whose ancestral grounds stretch from the Cascades to the Rockies, revealing a chain of cultural identification that predates the colonial period and continues to this day. Culling from hundreds of student writings from grades 7-12 in two reservation schools, Monroe finds that students employ the same persuasive techniques as their forebears,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:082296306X

ISBN13:9780822963066

Release Date:July 2014

Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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