| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 367 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Prologue: Big Meadow Maidu -- 1. Big Meadow Maidu schoolgirl -- 2. Carlisle: in pursuit of a lettered life -- 3. Life on the margins: marriage and motherhood -- 4. Federated Indians of California: a mountain Maidu activist is born -- 5. Smoke signal: a native journalist comes to life -- 6. "Real Indians" -- 7. California Indian curator at the state fair -- 8. Encountering anthropology: Maidu cultural consultant -- 9. "A grand, wise lady": national activism -- 10. Beiing California Indian in the city: cultivating native presence and place in Sacramento -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Potts's voluminous correspondence documents her steadfast conviction that California Indians deserved just compensation for their stolen ancestral lands, a decent standard of living, the right to practice their traditions, and political agency in their own affairs. Drawing extensively from this trove of writings, Castaneda privileges Potts's own voice in the telling of her story and offers a valuable history of California Indians in the twentieth century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed March 3, 2021) |
| Subject |
Potts, Marie, 1895-1978.
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Maidu Indians -- California -- Plumas County -- History -- 20th century
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Land tenure -- Political aspects -- California -- History -- 20th century
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Indian educators -- California -- Biography
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Indian women activists -- California -- Biography
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Indian educators
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Indian women activists
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Land tenure -- Political aspects
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Maidu Indians
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| SUBJECT |
Sacramento (Calif.) -- Biography
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| Subject |
California
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California -- Plumas County
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California -- Sacramento
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780806168326 |
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0806168323 |
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