Abalone tales : collaborative explorations of sovereignty and identity in native California / Les W. Field ; with Cheryl Seidner ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Field, Les W.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Narrating native histories.

Narrating native histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Fishing--California.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Ethnozoology--California.

Indians of North America--California--Social life and customs.

Abalone culture--California--History.

Abalone culture.

Abalones--Social aspects--California.

Abalones.

Abalones--California--Folklore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the meaning of abalone among past and present California Indian tribes and how these interpretations of its meaning address larger issues of sovereignty and identity within the tribes.

Contents:

Introduction: Why abalone? the making of a collaborative research project

The old Abalone necklaces and the possibility of a Muwekma Ohlone cultural patrimony

Abalone woman attends the Wiyot reawakening

Florence Silva and the legacy of John Boston : responsibility at the intersection of friendship and ethnography

Reflections on the Iridescent One

Cultural revivification in the Hoopa valley

Extinction narratives and pristine moments : evaluating the decline of Abalone

Conclusion: Horizons of collaborative research.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613035950

9781283035958

1283035952

9780822391159

0822391155

OCLC:

271244059