Introduction : What can we learn from a bicentennial? / Frederick E. Hoxie
pt. 1: The Indian country. The arrival of horses accelerates trade and cultural change
A brilliant plan for living : creators
A brilliant plan for living : gifts
A brilliant plan for living : men and women
A vast network of partners
pt. 2: Crossing the Indian country. What did the Americans know?
Celebrating the new year and surviving the winter with the Mandans, January 1805
Trading for horses and finding their way, August-September 1805
Rescued by the Nez Perces
New Year's Day 1806 and the Oregon winter
Friends and trading partners on the Upper Columbia
A confrontation in Montana
pt. 3: A new nation comes to the Indian country. Two views of western North America
Missionaries and teachers
pt. 4: The Indian country today. Salmon restoration
Education and cultural preservation
The meaning of the Lewis and Clark bicentennial for Native Americans
Conclusion : Lewis and Clark reconsidered : some sober second thoughts / James P. Ronda.