Pablo Tac, indigenous scholar : writing on Luiseno language and colonial history, c. 1840 / Lisbeth Haas ; with art by James Luna ; including the complete manuscript of Pablo Tac, transcribed by Marta Eguia ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haas, Lisbeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tac, Pablo, 1822-1841.

Tac, Pablo.

Luiseño Indians--California--Biography.

Luiseño Indians.

Indian scholars--California--Biography.

Indian scholars.

Luiseño Indians--History.

Luiseño language--Grammar.

Luiseño language.

Luiseño language--Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume makes available a remarkable body of writings, the only indigenous account of early nineteenth-century California. Written by Pablo Tac, this work on Luiseño language and culture offers a new approach to understanding California's colonial history. Born and raised at Mission San Luis Rey, near San Diego, Pablo Tac became an international scholar. He traveled to Rome, where he studied Latin and other subjects, and produced these historical writings for the Vatican Librarian Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti. In this multifaceted volume, Pablo Tac's study is published in the original languages and in English translation. Lisbeth Haas introduces Pablo Tac's life and the significance of the record he left. She situates his writing among that of other indigenous scholars, and elaborates on its poetic quality. Luiseño artist James Luna considers Tac's contemporary significance in a series of artworks that bring Pablo Tac into provocative juxtaposition with the present day.Transcribed by Marta Eguía, Cecilia Palmeiro, Laura León Llerena, Jussara Quadros, and Heidi Morse, with facing-page translation by Jaime Cortez, Guillermo Delgado, Gildas Hamel, Karl Kottman, Heidi Morse, and Rose Vekony

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

The Life and Writing of Luiseño Scholar Pablo Tac, 1820-1841

Fasten Your Seat Belts, Prepare for Landing: The Travels of Payomkowishum Art Warriors

Pablo Tac's Luiseño Grammar and History

Pablo Tac's Luiseño-Spanish Dictionary, A - Cu

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786613520579

9781280102950

1280102950

9780520950290

0520950291

OCLC:

776108954