{"product_id":"indians-in-yellowstone-national-park-9780874807240","title":"Indians in Yellowstone National Park","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe vast, pine-covered plateau now known as Yellowstone National Park has been lived in, traveled through, and exploited by humans for thousands of years. It is still possible to see the remnants of old camps and deep-rutted trails over which ancient peoples crossed the Park to reach the bison-rich plains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen did humans first visit the area we now call Yellowstone?\u003cbr\u003eWho lived there when the first Europeans entered the region?\u003cbr\u003eWhat happened to the last of the early inhabitants?\u003cbr\u003eHow did the Nez Perce, fleeing across the northen of the newly established Park in 1877, escape U.S. troops?\u003cbr\u003eHow did Indians perceive the Park's geysers and hot springs?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese and other questions are answered in this popular history of the Park written by a professional archaeologist who is also a seasonal resident of West Yellowstone. Joel Janetski reconstructs past human events from archaeological evidence and historical sources to provide an engrossing story of the people who knew the area hundreds, even thousands, of years ago and who left their traces amidst the grandeur that is today's Yellowstone National Park.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoel Janetski is professor anthropology and director of the MUseum of Peoples and Cultures at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Utah Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52103788364050,"sku":"9780874807240","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3076c2f0-69b7-4e5d-918c-61b76aea1e1f.jpg?v=1773157108","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/indians-in-yellowstone-national-park-9780874807240","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}