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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457974403321

Autore

Lewis David Rich

Titolo

Neither wolf nor dog [[electronic resource] ] : American Indians, environment, and agrarian change / / David Rich Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994

ISBN

1-280-52466-9

0-19-536266-7

1-4294-0551-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

970.00497

978/.00497

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Cultural assimilation - West (U.S.)

Indians of North America - Agriculture - West (U.S.)

Ute Indians - History

Hupa Indians - History

Tohono O'odham Indians - History

Social change

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Agriculture, Civilization, and American Indian Policy; 2. Núciu, the Northern Ute People; 3. Agriculture and the Northern Utes; 4. Hupa, the People of Natinook; 5. Farming and the Changing Harvest Economy in Hoopa Valley; 6. Tohono O'odham, the Desert People; 7. The Tohono O'odham and Agricultural Change; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on three diverse native American groups - the Northern Ute, Hupa and Papago - this study explores the ways in which these peoples responded to social, subsistence and environmental changes brought about by their enforced settlement on reservations.