{"product_id":"montana-memories-the-life-of-emma-magee-in-the-rocky-mountain-west-1866-1950-paperback","title":"Montana Memories: The Life of Emma Magee in the Rocky Mountain West, 1866-1950 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIda S. Patterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublished by the Salish Kootenai College Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMontana Memories\u003c\/i\u003e is the life story of a mixed-blood Indian woman in western Montana and southern Alberta during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born in 1866 to a white trader and a Shoshone and Salish Indian mother, Emma Magee saw Montana change from Indian Country to a part of industrial America. When she was born, mixed-blood Indians were socially part of the white community in Montana. By the time she died in 1950, however, mixed-bloods were considered Indians. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the memoirs of her long and dramatic life, Magee recounts many interesting aspects of early Montana: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Her father's experiences as a free trader in the Rocky Mountains. \u003cbr\u003e-Her mother's tales of her Shoshone ancestors. \u003cbr\u003e-Her memories of her life as a mixed-blood child in the Missoula Valley during the nineteenth century. \u003cbr\u003e-Her father's and other relatives' role in the Nez Perce War of 1877. \u003cbr\u003e-Her travels with her first husband through the Upper Flathead Country and the Thompson Falls area of Montana and High River, Alberta. \u003cbr\u003e-Her move with her second husband to the Flathead Indian Reservation and her impressions of the impact of allotment and the new irrigation system on the reservation community. \u003cbr\u003e-Her daughter's life in the boarding school at St. Ignatius Mission in the early twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIda S. Patterson (1903-54), a young relative of Emma Magee, recorded this reminiscence in the late 1940s. It was published as a historical column in the \u003ci\u003eMontana Farmer-Stockman\u003c\/i\u003e in 1950. Some of her poetry was also published during her lifetime. She died in Polson, Montana, of complications from rheumatism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769950732576,"sku":"9781934594087","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/807a268968e58d365b99b889a0262cca.webp?v=1780360683","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/montana-memories-the-life-of-emma-magee-in-the-rocky-mountain-west-1866-1950-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}