Warm Springs millennium : voices from the reservation / Michael Baughman and Charlotte Hadella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baughman, Mike, 1937-

Contributor:

Hadella, Charlotte Cook.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Oregon--Warm Springs Indian Reservation.

Indians of North America.

Warm Springs Indian Reservation (Or.).

Physical Description:

171 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Established in 1855 on an area one-fifteenth the size of the lands relinquished in return for it, the Warm Springs Reservation in north central Oregon is home to some 3,600 Warm Springs, Wasco, and Paiute Indians, half of whom are under twenty. This book seeks to understand the reservation's inhabitants as a "viable people" who are both visible and vocal as they reflect on their daily lives, their struggles and successes, and their hopes for the future. Michael Baughman and Charlotte Hadella present extended interviews with seven Indian and two non-Indian members of the community. They discuss issues such as the difficulty of maintaining traditional lifeways centered around hunting, fishing, and gathering; the disruptions caused by alcoholism and diseases such as diabetes; and the need for culturally appropriate education for the young. The authors frame the interviews with explanatory material that covers the reservation's history and relations with white society and its efforts to transmit native languages and cultural traditions to its children.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

The Eagle’s Thorn

The Seasonal Round

Brent Florendo

One Thousand Square Miles

James Hall

Sue Terran

Wilson Wewa Jr.

Stoney Miller

Lillian Brunoe

Dawn Smith

Helena Jackson

The Deserted Boy

Foster Kalama

Afterword

Suggested Reading

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-168) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79819-9

OCLC:

55890366