Corbett Mack : the life of a Northern Paiute /

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Corbett Mack, a Northern Paiute of mixed ancestry, was caught between Native American and white worlds. A generation before, his tribe had brought forth the prophet Wovoka, whose Ghost Dance swept the Indian world in the 1890s. Mack’s world was a harsh and bitter place after the last Nati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hittman, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2013]
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Mack, Corbett, > 1892-1974.
Northern Paiute Indians > Biography.
Northern Paiute Indians > History.
Northern Paiute Indians > Social life and customs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Manners and customs.
Northern Paiute Indians.
Smith Creek Valley (Nev.) > Social life and customs.
Mason Valley (Nev.) > Social life and customs.
Nevada > Mason Valley.
Nevada > Smith Creek Valley.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Birth and Family (1892)
  • Boyhood (1892-1905)
  • Boarding School (1905-10)
  • Work and Girls (1912-23)
  • Italians, Potatoes, Homemade Wine (1923-58)
  • Chinese Opium (1896-1931)
  • Some Real Old-Timers (1896-1940)
  • Retirement Years (1954-74)
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A : Local Newspaper Accounts of Opiates in Smith and Mason Valleys, Nevada (1896-1931)
  • Appendix B : Report of Narcotic Situation among the Indians of the Walker River Jurisdiction (1931)
  • Appendix C : Narcotics in Smith and Mason Valleys (1929).

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