Title: From mission to metropolis : Cupeño Indian women in Los Angeles /
Authors: Bahr, Diana Meyers, 1930-
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Cupeño women.; Cupeño Indians Biography.; Cupeño Indians Ethnic identity.
Abstract: Contrary to popular perception, the majority of Indians living in the United States today reside in urban areas. These urban Indians are an invisible minority because their culture is less obvious in the city than on the reservations. Has their "Indianness" been eroded by life in the city and by a lack of tribal culture, or has their ethnicity simply changed in form, been redefined, over time? How do these urban Indians perceive their own ethnic identification? In From Mission to Metropolis, Diana Meyers Bahr applies these questions to representatives of a particular group of urban Indians.
Contents: Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Historical Context: Who Are the Cupeno? -- Ch. 3. Perceptions of Family and Individuality -- Ch. 4. Beneficence -- Ch. 5. The Metaphysical realm -- Ch. 6. Conclusion.