“Trimble’s book represents the best general introduction to the native peoples of the Southwest that has ever been published. Nor is it good only by comparison: it is a superb book. It combines the traditional concerns of ethnography, ethnohistory, and prehistory with a newer one of letting native voices speak for themselves. More native voices are represented here than in any other book written for a general audience, and this is as it should be.”
—Dr. Alfonso Ortiz, University of New Mexico

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“[O]ne of the most comprehensive and insightful discussions of the modern native peoples of the American Southwest ever written…. [T]here is much here to engage the seasoned scholar of Southwestern history and culture.”
—Judith Habicht-Mauche, Ethnohistory, Vol. 43, no. 4 (Fall 1996)

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“There are many reasons to like this book – its highly readable prose style, its fine-art quality photographs, its carefully researched historical agenda, and its personable and perceptive interview quotes…”
—Scott Vickers, The Bloomsbury Review (January-February 1994)

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“Many people…consider [this] book to be the best general introduction to the 50 Native Amreican nations dotting the modern American Southwest.”
—New Mexico Magazine January 2006

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“Trimble’s introduction to these cultures is exceptional; he redefines American ethnography.”
—Library Journal

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“A masterpiece, a warm and brilliant book.”
—Gary Paul Nabhan

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“Stephen Trimble’s The People is a valuable addition to the library of anyone interested in the Indian cultures of the Southwest. It may well become one of those classics that stay in print forever.”
—Tony Hillerman

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“Each family moving to the Southwest … should be sent a clean copy…. A remarkable accomplishment in a work of detailed non-fiction.”
—Colorado Plateau Advocate