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Historical Perspective
Customers are deeply moved by the historical perspective presented in this book, which sheds light on a side of history often overlooked. They appreciate the factual details and the significance of the Shoshone community's story. Some readers have a personal connection to the topic due to their ancestry. However, a few mention minor issues with page quality.
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I loved the authenticity of the storytelling and felt like i was there listening with parry’s ancestors.
He was firm, emotional, empathetic, and fair in his telling of things i never learned in school.
Some of the pagers are a bit light and therefore hard to read.
Because i love plants, i also appreciated the handwritten field notes (from the author's grandmother) about plants useful to their people.
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In a time when many tribes sought guidance from the jesuit missionaries to learn agriculture, implement mission reductions, and... Read More
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native, northwestern and american. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 157 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 15 2025.
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It was sad to learn how poorly our native friends were treated here in utahincluding a massacre of hundreds of individuals
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Darren parrys book should be required reading for all americans
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Yes it contains a horrific recollection of white washing and genocide by 34good people34 but what i found most compelling is his description of the shoshones pre mormon settler life how his people coped with the onslaught and how they and their culture are still here and have much to teach the western world in how to live on this planet
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I was unable to get the full story until recently
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A sad story that needed to be told but it is unfinished and left me troubled
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But there could and should be redress and compensation for the good families who lost their homes and belongings in washakie
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The account addresses far more than the 1863 bear creek massacre boa ogoi
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Key events include boi ogoi lds conversion working numerous church farmsteads building the 1880 washakie lds ward community homestead at washakie the church’s dissolution and the demolition of washakie
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