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- catalog abstract ""These six vignettes recall Miwok Indians whom Jack Burrows knew as a boy in Murphys, California, during the 1920s and 1930s. The Miwok were hunter-gatherers in the Sierra Nevada foothills when the gold rush overwhelmed them in the mid-nineteenth century. By World War I decades of violence, disease, and poverty had reduced the Miwok to 670 souls scraping by on the social and economic fringes of Anglo society. In twenty more years, Miwok culture had nearly vanished. A few of the survivors come to life in Burrows's portraits of Miwok old timers such as Mary, Walker, and Aaron who could recall the old days of Miwok autonomy and who still found strength and dignity in indigenous culture. Fading cultural memory, social alienation, and economic desperation, however, drove the younger Miwok such as The Brothers, Andy, and Dickie to destructive choices and behaviors that ultimately ruined their lives. Since World War II, the Miwok have re-established themselves as an indigenous tribe and continue to practice traditional rituals and ceremonies."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11966001.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""These six vignettes recall Miwok Indians whom Jack Burrows knew as a boy in Murphys, California, during the 1920s and 1930s. The Miwok were hunter-gatherers in the Sierra Nevada foothills when the gold rush overwhelmed them in the mid-nineteenth century. By World War I decades of violence, disease, and poverty had reduced the Miwok to 670 souls scraping by on the social and economic fringes of Anglo society. In twenty more years, Miwok culture had nearly vanished.".
- catalog description "A few of the survivors come to life in Burrows's portraits of Miwok old timers such as Mary, Walker, and Aaron who could recall the old days of Miwok autonomy and who still found strength and dignity in indigenous culture. Fading cultural memory, social alienation, and economic desperation, however, drove the younger Miwok such as The Brothers, Andy, and Dickie to destructive choices and behaviors that ultimately ruined their lives. Since World War II, the Miwok have re-established themselves as an indigenous tribe and continue to practice traditional rituals and ceremonies."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Walker -- The brothers -- Aaron -- Mary -- Andy -- Dickie.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 171 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Black sun of the Miwok.".
- catalog identifier "0826322379 (cloth : alk. paper".
- catalog identifier "0826322387 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Black sun of the Miwok.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,".
- catalog relation "Black sun of the Miwok.".
- catalog subject "979.4/5004974 21".
- catalog subject "E99.M69 B87 2000".
- catalog subject "Miwok Indians Biography.".
- catalog subject "Miwok Indians Social conditions.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Walker -- The brothers -- Aaron -- Mary -- Andy -- Dickie.".
- catalog title "Black sun of the Miwok / Jack Burrows.".
- catalog type "text".