Abalone tales
Subtitle: collaborative explorations of sovereignty and identity in native California
By: Les W. Field ; with Cheryl Seidner ... [et al.].
Series: Narrating native histories
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780822342168; 9780822342335
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Fishing -- California; Indians of North America -- Ethnozoology -- California; Indians of North America -- California -- Social life and customs; Abalone culture -- California -- History; Abalones -- Social aspects -- California; Abalones -- California -- Folklore
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Why abalone? the making of a collaborative research project; title: The old Abalone necklaces and the possibility of a Muwekma Ohlone cultural patrimony; title: Abalone woman attends the Wiyot reawakening; title: Florence Silva and the legacy of John Boston : responsibility at the intersection of friendship and ethnography; title: Reflections on the Iridescent One; title: Cultural revivification in the Hoopa valley; title: Extinction narratives and pristine moments : evaluating the decline of Abalone; title: Conclusion: Horizons of collaborative research.