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Author Tac, Pablo, 1822-1841, author.

Title Pablo Tac, Indigenous Scholar : Writing on Luiseno Language and Colonial History, c.1840
Published Berkerley : University of California Press, [2011]

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 267 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: Introduction; The Life and Writing of Luiseño Scholar Pablo Tac, 1820-1841; Fasten Your Seat Belts, Prepare for Landing: The Travels of Payomkowishum Art Warriors; Part Two: The Manuscript; Pablo Tac's Luiseño Grammar and History; Pablo Tac's Luiseño-Spanish Dictionary; Index
Summary This volume makes available a remarkable body of writings, the only Indigenous account of early nineteenth-century California. Written by Pablo Tac, this work on Luiseño language and culture offers a new approach to understanding California's colonial history. Born and raised at Mission San Luis Rey, near San Diego, Pablo Tac became an international scholar. He traveled to Rome, where he studied Latin and other subjects, and produced these historical writings for the Vatican Librarian Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti. In this multifaceted volume, Pablo Tac's study is published in the original languages and in English translation. Lisbeth Haas introduces Pablo Tac's life and the significance of the record he left. She situates his writing among that of other Indigenous scholars, and elaborates on its poetic quality. Luiseño artist James Luna considers Tac's contemporary significance in a series of artworks that bring Pablo Tac into provocative juxtaposition with the present day
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Text in Luiseño and Spanish with translation in Spanish and English
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Subject Tac, Pablo, 1822-1841.
SUBJECT Tac, Pablo, 1822-1841 fast
Tac, Pablo, 1822-1841. fast/nic/nac
Subject Luiseño Indians -- California -- Biography
Indian scholars -- California -- Biography
Luiseño Indians -- History
Luiseño language -- Grammar
Luiseño language -- Dictionaries
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- General.
Indian scholars
Luiseño Indians
Luiseño language
California
Genre/Form Biographies
Dictionaries
History
Form Electronic book
Author Haas, Lisbeth, editor
ISBN 9780520950290
0520950291