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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816362503321

Autore

Field Les W

Titolo

Abalone tales [[electronic resource] ] : collaborative explorations of sovereignty and identity in native California / / Les W. Field ; with Cheryl Seidner ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, N.C., : Duke University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-283-03595-2

9786613035950

0-8223-9115-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

Narrating native histories

Disciplina

639/.4832

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Fishing - California

Indians of North America - Ethnozoology - California

Indians of North America - California - Social life and customs

Abalone culture - California - History

Abalones - Social aspects - California

Abalones - California - Folklore

Meerohren

Mythologie

Kultur

Indianer

Kalifornien

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Why abalone? the making of a collaborative research project -- The old Abalone necklaces and the possibility of a Muwekma Ohlone cultural patrimony -- Abalone woman attends the Wiyot reawakening -- Florence Silva and the legacy of John Boston : responsibility at the intersection of friendship and ethnography -- Reflections on the Iridescent One -- Cultural revivification in the Hoopa valley -- Extinction narratives and pristine moments : evaluating the decline of Abalone -- Conclusion: Horizons of collaborative research.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the meaning of abalone among past and present California



Indian tribes and how these interpretations of its meaning address larger issues of sovereignty and identity within the tribes.