Southern Paiute and Chemehuevi
Author: Robert Alan Manners
Publisher: Dissertations-G
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert Alan Manners
Publisher: Dissertations-G
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Clifford E. Trafzer
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2015-06-01
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 029580582X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Chemehuevi of the Twenty-Nine Palms tribe of Southern California stands as a testament to the power of perseverance. This small, nomadic band of Southern Paiute Indians has been repeatedly marginalized by European settlers, other Native groups, and, until now, historical narratives that have all too often overlooked them. Having survived much of the past two centuries without rights to their homeland or any self-governing abilities, the Chemehuevi were a mostly “forgotten” people until the creation of the Twenty-Nine Palms Reservation in 1974. Since then, they have formed a tribal government that addresses many of the same challenges faced by other tribes, including preserving cultural identity and managing a thriving gaming industry. A dedicated historian who worked closely with the Chemehuevi for more than a decade, Clifford Trafzer shows how this once-splintered tribe persevered using sacred songs and other cultural practices to maintain tribal identity during the long period when it lacked both a homeland and autonomy. The Chemehuevi believe that their history and their ancestors are always present, and Trafzer honors that belief through his emphasis on individual and family stories. In doing so, he not only sheds light on an overlooked tribe but also presents an important new model for tribal history scholarship. A Chemehuevi Song strikes the difficult balance of placing a community-driven research agenda within the latest currents of indigenous studies scholarship. Chemehuevi voices, both past and present, are used to narrate the story of the tribe’s tireless efforts to gain recognition and autonomy. The end result is a song of resilience.
Author: Martha C. Knack
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2004-11-01
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780803278189
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Boundaries Between skillfully relates the history of the Southern Paiutes from their first contacts with Europeans through the end of the twentieth century. In an engaging style, Martha C. Knack combines contemporary oral histories, meticulous archival research, original ethnographic fieldwork, and an astute critical perspective on Indian-white relations. Before the arrival of European Americans, Southern Paiutes foraged the arid hills and valleys of the area known today as southern Utah, northern Arizona, southern Nevada, and southeastern California. By all the ?rules? of history and anthropology, such a small-scale, foraging culture should have disappeared long ago, but the Southern Paiutes survive, and their story unsettles assumptions about the role that social complexity, power, and culture play in the dynamics of human history.
Author: Logan Hebner
Publisher:
Published: 2010-11-05
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Now little recognized by their neighbors, Southern Paiutes once had homelands that included much of the vast Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert. From the Four Corners’ San Juan River to California’s lower Colorado, from Death Valley to Canyonlands, from Capitol Reef to the Grand Canyon, Paiutes lived in many small, widespread communities. They still do, but the communities are fewer, smaller, and mostly deprived of the lands and resources that sustained traditional lives. To portray a people and the individuals who comprise it, William Logan Hebner and Michael L. Plyler relay Paiute voices and reveal Paiute faces, creating a space for them to tell their stories and stake claim to who they once were and now are.
Author: LaVan Martineau
Publisher: Kc Publishing
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 344
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a unique collection of information about the Southern Paiutes, which covers mythology and folklore, traditional crafts, historical stories, and information about the Paiute language. LaVan Martineau began collecting a lot of the information in this book during the 1940s from individuals still maintaining the old ways, while their culture eroded beneath their feet. These elders willingly shared this information with Mr. Martineau. Little did he realize that within a few decades almost no one under the age of 50 would still speak the Paiute language, and even fewer would still know the traditional stories and crafts. Discover the charming winter tales that were told in during the wintertime after the pinyon nut harvest in Fall, each story was designed to be morally instructive. Learn how the Paiute made bows and arrows, baskets, cradleboards, moccasins and more. You'll even get a primer on the Paiute language. A unique document from a vanishing period.
Author: Margaret L. Press
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1979-01-01
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780520096004
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Carobeth Laird
Publisher:
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 388
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From dust jacket: "'The Chemehuevis' is a landmark inquiry into the soul of a people, using the key of their complex, poetic, witty language, rendered into a literary presentation of the highest order ... reminiscent of an Emily Dickinson discovering a whole new world. I was reminded constantly of the four books of Carlos Castenada." Appendices include: List of place names. A brief note on the Chemehuevi language.