Sho-Rap Highway: The Native American Firefighters of Wind River - Softcover

Whiteplume, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692889124 ISBN 13: 9780692889121

Publisher: Robin Whiteplume, 2017

Synopsis

Native American tribes have for eons used fire to their advantage, and also fought wildfires, but it wasn't till the 20th century that there were efforts by the U.S. government to organize Indian firefighting crews. In Sho-Rap Highway, author Robin Whiteplume details the earliest years of the fire crews of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming -- and the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho men and women who fought fire all over the West.

About this title

About the Author:

Robin Whiteplume is an enrolled member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wind River in Wyoming. He began firefighting in 1985 and worked with the Sho-Rap crews for the Wind River Agency – Type 2 Native American crews that included members of both the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes of west-central Wyoming. Whiteplume, 52, no longer goes out on assignments with the Sho-Raps, but still works seasonally as an engine boss for a private contract fire company in Wyoming. He now focuses most of his time on developing wildland firefighter related arts and crafts. His fire career spanned three decades and included time as a fire prevention technician at Wind River.

About this edition

• Publisher: Robin Whiteplume
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0692889124
• ISBN 13: 9780692889121
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 186
• Editor: Andersson Kelly