An Indian among los Indígenas : a native travel memoir / Ursula Pike.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Pike, Ursula, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Pike, Ursula, 1968---Travel--Bolivia.
• Peace Corps (U.S.)--Biography.
• Peace Corps (U.S.)--Bolivia--History--20th century.
• Peace Corps (U.S.).
• Karuk women--Biography.
• Indians of South America--Bolivia--Social conditions.
• Indians of South America.
• Colonization.
• Indians of North America.
• Social conditions.
• Karuk women.
• History.
• Bolivia.
• Indians of North America--California--Social conditions.
• Bolivia--Colonization.
• Indians of North America--Social conditions.
• Indians of South America--Social conditions.
• Travel.
• California.

Genre:

• Biographies.
• History.
• Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 233 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2021]

Summary:

"Memoir by Ursula Pike (Karuk) of her time serving with the Peace Corps in Bolivia. Focusing on international travel from a California Indian perspective, the memoir asks what it means to be both colonizer and colonized, and inquires into the challenges of building relationships between Indigenous groups from very different places"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• A la llegada = Upon arrival
• Cochabamba
• La clase de baile = The dance lesson
• Primer viaje a Kantuta = First trip to Kantuta
• En la noche = In the evening
• El centro infantil = The children's center
• La ch'alla = The christening
• Ropa sucia = Dirty laundry
• La reposteria = The bakery
• Misiñawi = Cat eyes
• La noche más fría del año = The coldest night of the year
• Amigos = Friends
• La aislamiento = Isolation
• La celebración = The celebration
• Aventura = Adventure
• La flota = The bus
• Cantando = Singing
• Bailando = Dancing
• Casa = Home
• Mi salida = My departure.

Other Format:

Online version: Pike, Ursula, 1968- Indian among los IndíIgenas

ISBN:

• 9781597145275
• 1597145270

OCLC:

1200831756