About the Author

Published by the Salish Kootenai College Press

Peter Ronan (1839–1893) was the government agent for the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana between 1877 and 1893. As an ex-newspaperman his reports to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC, are readable and uniquely valuable historical sources.

 Robert J. Bigart is librarian emeritus at Salish Kootenai College and the editor and author of several books on Salish and Flathead Indian Reservation history.