Bad Indians : a tribal memoir / Deborah A. Miranda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miranda, Deborah A., author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miranda, Deborah A--Family.

Miranda, Deborah A.

Indians of North America--California--History.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Missions--California.

Indians, Treatment of--California--History.

Indians, Treatment of.

Esselen Indians--Biography.

Esselen Indians.

California--Social conditions.

California.

California--Race relations.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2024]

Summary:

"Bad Indians-part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir-is essential reading for anyone seeking to learn about California Indian history, past and present. Widely adopted in classrooms and book clubs throughout the United States, Bad Indians-now reissued in significantly expanded form-plumbs ancestry, survivance, and the cultural memory of Native California. In this best-selling, now-classic memoir, Deborah A. Miranda tells stories of her Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen family and the experiences of California Indians more widely through oral histories, newspaper clippings, anthropological recordings, personal reflections, and poems. This expanded edition includes several new poems and essays, as well as an extensive afterword, totaling more than fifty pages of new material. Wise, indignant, and playful all at once, Bad Indians is a beautiful and devastating read, and an indispensable book for anyone seeking a more just and accurate telling of American history."--Publisher's website.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781597146289

1597146285

OCLC:

1394062393