Renegade Tribe: The Palouse Indians and the Invasion of the Inland Pacific Northwest by Clifford E. Trafzer and Richard D. Scheuerman is a seminal 1986 ethnohistory published by Washington State University Press that chronicles the complex heritage and fierce resistance of the Palus people. The book meticulously details the traditional culture of this often-misunderstood Indigenous group and their pivotal role in defending their ancestral homelands across the Columbia Plateau against the rapid influx of white miners, settlers, and the U.S. military. By focusing on the mid-19th-century conflicts—particularly the Yakima War and the devastating 1858 punitive campaigns led by Colonel George Wright—the authors dismantle the federal government's historical labeling of the Palouse as mere "renegades," instead framing their actions as a desperate and deeply rooted defense of their sovereignty. Ultimately, it serves as an essential, critically acclaimed scholarly resource that provides a crucial Indigenous perspective on the violent colonization and subsequent displacement that reshaped the Inland Pacific Northwest.

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