Bibliograph

An Indian among los Indígenas, a native travel memoir, Ursula Pike

Type

Label

An Indian among los Indígenas, a native travel memoir, Ursula Pike

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

An Indian among los Indígenas

Oclc number

1200831756

Responsibility statement

Ursula Pike

Sub title

a native travel memoir

Summary

"Memoir by Ursula Pike (Karuk) of her time serving with the Peace Corps in Bolivia. Focusing on international travel from a California Indian perspective, the memoir asks what it means to be both colonizer and colonized, and inquires into the challenges of building relationships between Indigenous groups from very different places"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

A la llegada = Upon arrival -- Cochabamba -- La clase de baile = The dance lesson -- Primer viaje a Kantuta = First trip to Kantuta -- En la noche = In the evening -- El centro infantil = The children's center -- La ch'alla = The christening -- Ropa sucia = Dirty laundry -- La reposteria = The bakery -- Misiñawi = Cat eyes -- La noche más fría del año = The coldest night of the year -- Amigos = Friends -- La aislamiento = Isolation -- La celebración = The celebration -- Aventura = Adventure -- La flota = The bus -- Cantando = Singing -- Bailando = Dancing -- Casa = Home -- Mi salida = Departure

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