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Corbett Mack : The Life of a Northern Paiute /

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hittman, Michael
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2013]
Édition:First edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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).