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- catalog abstract ""The life story of Viola Martinez, an Owens Valley Paiute Indian of eastern California, extends over nine decades of the twentieth century. Viola experienced forced assimilation in an Indian boarding school, overcame racial stereotypes to pursue a college degree, and spent several years wolking at a Japanese American internment camp during World War II. Finding herself poised uncertainly between Indian and white worlds, Viola was determined to turn her marginalized existence into an opportunity for personal empowerment. In Viola Martinez, California Paiute, Diana Meyers Bahr recounts Viola's extraordinary life story and examines her strategies for dealing with acculturation."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12801820.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""The life story of Viola Martinez, an Owens Valley Paiute Indian of eastern California, extends over nine decades of the twentieth century. Viola experienced forced assimilation in an Indian boarding school, overcame racial stereotypes to pursue a college degree, and spent several years wolking at a Japanese American internment camp during World War II. Finding herself poised uncertainly between Indian and white worlds, Viola was determined to turn her marginalized existence into an opportunity for personal empowerment. In Viola Martinez, California Paiute, Diana Meyers Bahr recounts Viola's extraordinary life story and examines her strategies for dealing with acculturation."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 202 p. :".
- catalog identifier "080613514X (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "979.4004/9745 B 21".
- catalog subject "E99.P2 M383 2003".
- catalog subject "Indian women United States.".
- catalog subject "Martinez, Viola M. (Viola Meroney)".
- catalog subject "Paiute Indians Biography.".
- catalog title "Viola Martinez, California Paiute : living in two worlds / Diana Meyers Bahr.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".