Download or read book As Long as the Grass Shall Grow and Rivers Flow written by Clifford E. Trafzer and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2000 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although coverage chronologically spans from prehistory to the present, the emphasis is on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is written in a readable, flowing manner and is deeply rooted in native traditions and lore. The title is a reference to a message sent by President Andrew Jackson to the Choctaws and Chickasaws indicating that, as a friend, he planned to move the people to the Trans-Mississippi West to "land of their own, which they shall possess as long as grass grows or water runs."