Encounters with the People: Written and Oral Accounts of Nez Perce Life to 1858 – Edited by Dennis Baird, Diane Mallickan, and William R. Swagerty

Organized both chronologically and thematically, “Encounters with the People” is an edited, annotated compilation of unique primary sources related to Nez Perce history–Native American oral histories, diary excerpts, military reports, maps, and more. Generous elders shared their collective memory of carefully-guarded stories passed down through multiple generations, beginning with early Nimiipuu/Euro-American contact and extending until just after the Treaty of 1855 held at Walla Walla.