Bad indians
Subtitle: a tribal memoir
By: Deborah A. Miranda
Publisher: Heyday
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781597142014; 9781597142342; 9781597142328; 9781597142335
Subjects: Race relations; Missions; Indians of North America; Social conditions; Treatment of Indians; History
Description: "If we allow the pieces of our culture to lie scattered in the dust of history, trampled on by racism and grief, then yes, we are irreparably damaged. But if we pick up the pieces and use them in new ways that honor their integrity, their colors, textures, stories, then we do those pieces justice, no matter how sharp they are, no matter how much handling them slices our fingers and makes us bleed." This book, part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir, teaches us about California Indian history, past and present. In it, the author tells stories of her Ohlone Costanoan Esselen family as well as the experience of California Indians as a whole through oral histories, newspaper clippings, anthropological recordings, personal reflections, and poems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.