Ethnohistory of Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation
Paperback
Publication Date: 31/08/1999
The history of the Northern Paiutes of Pyramid Lake in northwestern Nevada is one fraught with the conflicts and tensions of the modern West-relentless encroachment by non-Indians into Indian lands; disputes over scarce water; endangerment of a rare and valuable species of fish-all played out on a stage that stretches from the centers of national politics in Washington, DC, to a remote desert reservation where an ancient people struggles to preserve the traditional center of its spiritual and economic life. Martha Knack's and Omer Stewart's brilliant interdisciplinary study of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, first published in 1984, is considered a major landmark in American Indian history-a lucid and insightful examination of the Paiutes, their reservation, and the ongoing controversy over control of their land and the life-giving Truckee River waters that feed Pyramid Lake. The complex interethnic relations described in this book offer readers a case study of the dominant issues in Indian affairs and the themes of the legislation and court decisions that shape the fates of native peoples.
- ISBN:
- 9780874173345
- 9780874173345
- Category:
- Social & cultural history
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 31-08-1999
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- University of Nevada Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Edition:
- 2nd Edition
- Pages:
- 488
- Dimensions (mm):
- 207x139x31mm
- Weight:
- 0.33kg
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