Bibliograph

Bad indians, a tribal memoir, Deborah A. Miranda

Type

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Bad indians, a tribal memoir, Deborah A. Miranda

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrationsgenealogical tables

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bad indians

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

798133164

Responsibility statement

Deborah A. Miranda

Sub title

a tribal memoir

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

Table Of Contents

Introduction. California is a story -- The End of the World : Missionization 1776-1836. The Genealogy of Violence, Part I -- Los Pájaros -- Fisher of Men -- My Mission GLossary -- A Few Corrections to My Daughter's Coloring Book -- Dear Vicenta -- Isabel Meadows -- Cousins (for Victor) -- The Genealogy of Violence, Part II --Bridges : Post-Secularization 1836-1900. Lies My Ancestors Told for Me -- Ularia's Curse -- "The Diggers" (excerpt from O.P. Fitzgerald's "California Sketches") -- "Digger Belles" -- Burning the Digger I (newspaper article) -- Burning the Digger II -- Ishi at Large -- Old News -- Jacinta's Medicine -- Bridges --The Light from the Carrisa Plains : Reinvention 1900-1961. Tom's Stories -- "Bad Indian Goes on Rampage at Santa Inez" -- Novena to Bad Indians -- Gonaway Tribe : Field Notes -- Juan Justo's Bones -- J. P. Harrington : A Collage --Teheyapami Achiska : Home 1961-present. Silver -- Petroglyphs -- Mestiza Nation : A Future History of My Tribe -- Angel in a Pink Plymouth -- A California Indian in the Philadelphia Airport -- Intensive Spanish : A Language Acquisition / Resistance Journal -- Learning How to Fish : A Language Homecoming Journal -- Teheyapami Achiska -- Soledad -- In the Basement of the Bone Museum -- Testimony -- One for the Road -- Coyote Takes a Trip -- Post-Colonial Thought Experiment -- California Pow Wow -- "To Make Story Again in the World" -- Ancestry Chart

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