| Description |
xx, 217 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
California is a Story -- The End of the World: Missionization 1776-1836 -- Bridges: Post-Secularization 1836-1900 -- The Light from the Carrisa Plains 1900-1961 -- Teheyapami Achiska: Home 1961-Present -- Ancestry chart. |
| Summary |
"If we allow the pieces of our culture to lie scattered in the dust of history, trampled on by racism and grief, then yes, we are irreparably damaged. But if we pick up the pieces and use them in new ways that honor their integrity, their colors, textures, stories, then we do those pieces justice, no matter how sharp they are, no matter how much handling them slices our fingers and makes us bleed." This book, part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir, teaches us about California Indian history, past and present. In it, the author tells stories of her Ohlone Costanoan Esselen family as well as the experience of California Indians as a whole through oral histories, newspaper clippings, anthropological recordings, personal reflections, and poems. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Missions -- California.
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California -- Race relations.
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Indians of North America -- California -- History.
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California -- Social conditions.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Missions -- California.
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Indians, Treatment of -- California -- History.
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Miranda, Deborah A. -- Family.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- California -- History.
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Indigenous peoples, Treatment of -- California -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781597142014 paperback alkaline paper $18.95 |
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1597142018 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781597142342 (google e-book) |
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1597142344 (google e-book) |
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9781597142328 (apple e-book) |
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1597142328 (apple e-book) |
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9781597142335 (amazon kindle e-book) |
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1597142336 (amazon kindle e-book) |
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