Paul VanDevelder is a journalist and author. His book Coyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial That Forged a Nation was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.
"In this extremely well-written history, Paul VanDevelder . . .
weaves events big and small into a tapestry of dispossession. The
haunting story stays with you well after you have turned the last
page."—Greg Grandin, author of Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of
Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
*Greg Grandin*
"Savages and Scoundrels, an important book by journalist Paul
VanDevelder, is a taut, elegantly written book. . . . VanDevelder's
work should be required reading or anyone with the power - large or
small scale - to dispel these myths: from Dan Snyder, current
owner of the Washington Redskins, to every US history teacher and
Hollywood director who is in the position to perpetuate the idea
behind 'Manifest Destiny.'" —Wesley Hogan, History News Network
*History News Network*
"[A] refreshingly new intellectual and legalistic approach to the
complex relations between European Americans and Native Americans.
. . . This superlative work deserves close attention . . . . Highly
recommended."—M. L. Tate, Choice
*Choice*
". . . . [A] riveting, often chilling account of how a young,
land-hungry nation . . . invent[ed] the laws and policies that
enabled it to push aside a people who . . . held legal ownership of
millions of square miles of ancestral land."— Marc Covert, The
Oregonian
*The Oregonian*
"Paul VanDevelder has written a lively and fast-paced account of
some of the major examples of the United States' acquisition of
American Indian lands and assets."--Robert J. Miller, Great Plains
Quarterly
*Great Plains Quarterly*
“This is a powerful story composed of careful scholarship, great
adventure, and compassion. It is written like the wind, a
macroscopic overview of manifest destiny with a vibrant cast of
thousands. It is one of the best books I have ever read about our
national tragedy.”—John Nichols, author of The Milagro Beanfield
War
*John Nichols*
"Savages and Scoundrels tells a deeply saddening American story,
detailing the long history of the European take-over and
unscrupulous exploitation of Native American homelands. Let’s hope
that this exceptionally meaningful and useful account finds a
responsive audience among the citizens who deal with tribal,
religious and ethic complexities and conflicts anywhere around the
world."—William Kittredge, author of Hole in the Sky
*William Kittredge*
Praise for Paul VanDevelder’s Coyote Warrior:“Intense, heroic,
patriotic, heartbreaking, uplifting, wise, and instructive, Coyote
Warrior is a major work of history….It is our country’s story, and
it is our responsibility to know it. I’m grateful to Paul
VanDevelder for telling it.”—Rick Bass, author of Winter
*Rick Bass*
"VanDevelder's research on this relatively unknown story of
federal-Indian relations is impeccable and infused with a
humanizing of what has elsewhere been treated as merely a footnote
in history."—Kurt Peters, Oregon State University
*Kurt Peters*
"A fast moving drama about the rapacious development of American
treaty policy toward the indigenous Indian tribes…compelling and
highly relevant."—Greg Munro, University of Montana School of
Law
*Greg Munro*
"VanDevelder promises to "recontextualize and realign some of the
major themes in America's story that have been mythologized and
embroidered in many of our familiar, widely read and widely taught
histories." It's a promise he keeps. Savages and Scoundrels is a
riveting, often chilling account of how a young, land-hungry nation
went about inventing the laws and policies that enabled it to push
aside a people who, by its own admission and landmark court
decisions, held legal ownership of millions of square miles of
ancestral land."—Marc Covert, The Oregonian
*The Oregonian*
Recommended by The Albuquerque Journal in its Holiday
Gift Book Roundup
*Albuquerque Journal*
Winner of the 2011 Frances Fuller Victor Award for General
Nonfiction, sponsored by the Oregon Book Awards
*Oregon Book Awards*
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