The Small Shall Be Strong A History of Lake Tahoe's Washoe Indians / Matthew S. Makley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makley, Matthew S. (Matthew Stephen), 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washoe Indians--History.

Washoe Indians.

Lake Tahoe Region (Calif. and Nev.)--History.

Lake Tahoe Region (Calif. and Nev.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Amherst, MA : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]

Summary:

"For thousands of years the Washoe people have lived in the shadows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. At the center of their lands sits beautiful Lake Tahoe, a named derived from the Washoe word Da ow a go. Perhaps because the Washoe population has always been small or because it has been more peaceful than other tribal communities, its history has never been published. In The Small Shall Be Strong, Matthew Stephen Makley demonstrates that, in spite of this lack of scholarly attention, Washoe history is replete with broad significance. The Washoes, for example, gained culturally important lands through the 1887 Dawes Act. And during the 1990s, the tribe sought to ban climbing on one of its most sacred sites, Cave Rock, a singular instance of Native sacred concerns leading to restrictions. The Small Shall Be Strong illustrates a history and raises a broad question: How might greater scholarly attention to the numerous lesser-studied tribes in the United States compel a rethinking of larger historical narratives?"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The people from here

Newcomers

Violent transformations

The chaos of destruction

Survival : protecting the pine nut lands

Washoe colonies

Prejudice and persistence

Carrying it

The journey home

Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781613765869

161376586X

OCLC:

1011543530