Chiefs and challengers : Indian resistance and cooperation in southern California, 1769-1906 / George Harwood Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, George Harwood, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--California--History.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--California--Government relations.

History.

California, Southern--History.

California, Southern.

Southern California.

California.

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 434 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, [2014]

Summary:

When it first appeared, Chiefs and Challengers overturned the stereotype of Indian victimhood and revealed a complex political landscape in which Native peoples interacted with one another as much as they did with non-Indians intruding into their territories. Historian George Harwood Phillips not only chronicled the mistreatment of Indians but also examined Indian-white interactions from both Indian and white perspectives. This new edition describes the indigenous cultures of southern California and offers a detailed history of the repercussions of Euro-American colonization. Cross-cultural interaction varied significantly from region to region. In the south, conflict reached a climax in 1851 when Antonio Garra led a pan-Indian revolt that sent shock waves throughout California, forcing the Americans to take counteractions that affected themselves as much as the Indians. In this second edition of Chiefs and Challengers, Phillips brings the story into the twentieth century by drawing upon recent historical and anthropological scholarship and upon seldom-used documentary evidence. After 1865, Indians faced new problems, including settler encroachment and the imposition of the reservation system. That some Indians succeeded in holding onto their ancestral lands, Phillips shows, is evidence of their strategic efforts to survive. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Coming to terms

A political people

Crucible

New leadership

Chiefs and rancheros

Uprising

Military justice

Repercussions

Chiefs, subagents, and army officers

Vying for chieftainship

Chiefs, squatters, and Indian agents

Village captains under pressure

Civil justice

Ramifications

End of chieftainship

Conclusion: Closing the circle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780806144900

0806144904

OCLC:

876370731