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 Native Ame...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hittman, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mack, Corbett, > 1892-1974.
Northern Paiute Indians.
Manners and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
Northern Paiute Indians > Social life and customs.
Northern Paiute Indians > History.
Northern Paiute Indians > Biography.
Nevada > Smith Creek Valley.
Nevada > Mason Valley.
Mason Valley (Nev.) > Social life and customs.
Smith Creek Valley (Nev.) > Social life and customs.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 Native American uprisings had been brutally crushed - a life of servitude to white farmers and addiction to opium. This book uses Mack's own words to retell his story, an uncompromising account of a traumatized life that typified his generation, yet nonetheless made meaningful through the perseverance of Paiute cultural traditions.
Physical Description:1 online resource (414 pages).
ISBN:9780874179163

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