Oral history of the Yavapai / Mike Harrison, [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, Mike, 1886-1983, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yavapai Indians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gilbert, Arizona : Acacia Publishing, Inc., [2012]

Summary:

In the 1970s, the Fort McDowell Reservation in Arizona came under threat by a dam construction project that, if approved, would potentially flood most of its 24,680 acres of land.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Editor's Preface

Part I. Background

1. Arizona

2. Indian Claims Commission

3. Maps

Part II. Tribal Elder Mike Harrison Asks for Yavapai History

4. Anthropologist Meets the Yavapai

Part III. The Yavapai: A General Ethnographic Outline

5. Ethnic Identity, Language and Territory

6. The Spaniards Save History

7. Prehistory

8. Population

9. Yavapai: Tolkepaya, Wipukpa, Yavepe, Kewevkepaya

10 Bordering Tribes

11. Anglo-Americans Enter

Part IV. What the White People's Documents Say

12. Extermination Policy

13. Mistaken Identity

14. Bows and Arrows against Pistols and Rifles

15. Under Military Orders for 40 Years

16. One More Armed Invasion in the 20th Century

Part V. Oral History of the Yavapai

17. The White People Meet the Yavapai

18. The Land the White People Let Us Have

19. When Everything Began

20. Other Tribes

21. Pray, Sing, Dance, Heal

22. John Williams, My Life (1904-1983)

23. Shelter, Food, Clothing, Hunting

24. How We Lived Together

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Harrison, Mike Oral History of the Yavapai

ISBN:

0-8165-4919-2

OCLC:

1313477931