Title California through Native eyes : reclaiming history / William J. Bauer, Jr

Edition [1st edition] Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 165 pages) Series Indigenous confluences Indigenous confluences. Contents Creating -- Naming -- Discovering -- Fighting -- Cleansing -- Persisting -- Conclusion Summary "Most California histories begin with the arrival of the Spanish missionaries in the late eighteenth century and conveniently skip to the Gold Rush of 1849. Noticeably absent from these stories are the perspectives and experiences of the people who lived on the land long before European settlers arrived. Historian William Bauer seeks to correct that oversight through an approach that tells California history strictly through Native perspectives. Using oral histories of Concow, Pomo, and Paiute workers, taken as part of a New Deal federal works project, Bauer reveals how Native peoples have experienced and interpreted the history of the land we now call California. Combining these histories with creation myths and other oral traditions, he demonstrates the importance of sacred landscapes and animals and other nonhuman actors to the formation of place and identity. He also examines tribal stories of ancestors who prophesied the coming of white settlers and uses their recollections of the California Indian Wars to push back against popular narratives that seek to downplay Native resistance. The result both challenges the "California story" and enriches it with new voices and important points of view."--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-159) and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Indians of North America -- California -- History Indians of North America -- California -- Folklore Konkow Indians -- Folklore Pomo Indians -- Folklore Paiute Indians -- Folklore Indian mythology -- California Indians of North America -- Wars -- California Indians, Treatment of -- California Oral history -- California Oral tradition -- California HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Indians, Treatment of Indians of North America -- Wars Indians of North America -- Folklore Indian mythology Indians of North America Oral history Oral tradition SUBJECT California -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018879 Subject California Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021701901 ISBN 9780295806693 0295806699

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