"What I know about the old ways" : the life and wisdom of a Flathead Indian Reservation elder / by Agnes Vanderburg.

"Agnes Vanderburg (1901-1989) was a widely respected Salish elder on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. She was born at the dawn of the twentieth century when horses provided transport. Her elders taught her many of the traditional ways of the Salish people. With her knowledge of Sa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vanderburg, Agnes, 1901-1989 (Author)
Language:English
Published: Pablo, Montana : Salish Kootenai College Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Vanderburg, Agnes, > 1901-1989, > author.
Salish people.
Salish women > Montana > Biography.
Older Salish people > Montana > Flathead Indian Reservation > Biography.
Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.) > Biography.
Older Salish Indians.
Salish Indians.
Salish women.
Montana.
Montana > Flathead Indian Reservation.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:81 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Life and wisdom of a Flathead Indian Reservation elder
Format: Book
Contents:
  • "We're from Valla Creek" / recorded and introduced by Barbara Beck
  • A visit with Agnes / interview with Thompson Smith and MQTV
  • Coming back slow / interview with Parabola
  • "Good power, good medicine".