Warm Springs millennium [[electronic resource] ] : voices from the reservation / / Michael Baughman and Charlotte Hadella

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777446703321
• Autore: Baughman Mike <1937->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0-292-79819-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 171 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): HadellaCharlotte Cook
• Disciplina: 979.5/62
• Soggetti: Indians of North America - Oregon - Warm Springs Indian Reservation; Warm Springs Indian Reservation (Or.)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-168) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Eagle’s Thorn -- The Seasonal Round -- Brent Florendo -- One Thousand Square Miles -- James Hall -- Sue Terran -- Wilson Wewa Jr. -- Stoney Miller -- Lillian Brunoe -- Dawn Smith -- Helena Jackson -- The Deserted Boy -- Foster Kalama -- Afterword -- Suggested Reading -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Established in 1855 on an area one-fifteenth the size of the lands relinquished in return for it, the Warm Springs Reservation in north central Oregon is home to some 3,600 Warm Springs, Wasco, and Paiute Indians, half of whom are under twenty. This book seeks to understand the reservation's inhabitants as a "viable people" who are both visible and vocal as they reflect on their daily lives, their struggles and successes, and their hopes for the future. Michael Baughman and Charlotte Hadella present extended interviews with seven Indian and two non-Indian members of the community. They discuss issues such as the difficulty of maintaining traditional lifeways centered around hunting, fishing, and gathering; the disruptions caused by alcoholism and diseases such as diabetes; and the need for culturally appropriate education for the young. The authors frame the interviews with explanatory material that covers the reservation's history and relations with white society and its efforts to transmit native languages and cultural traditions to its children.