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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819887803321

Autore

Loewe Ronald

Titolo

Of sacred lands and strip malls : the battle for Puvungna / / Ronald Loewe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-7591-2162-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Native American Communitie

Disciplina

979.4/93

Soggetti

Gabrielino Indians - Antiquities

Gabrielino Indians - Land tenure

Gabrielino Indians - Religion

Indians of North America - California - Study and teaching (Higher) - History

Indians of North America - Politics and government - California

Indians of North America - Antiquities

Long Beach (Calif.) History, Local

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. BACKDROP TO A DISPUTE; Chapter 1. Beginnings: California Indians in Prehistory; Chapter 2. From Mission History to Mission Mania; Chapter 3. Forty-Niner Culture and the Origin of the American Indian Studies Program; PART II. THE PUVUNGNA LAND DISPUTE; Chapter 4. The Political Struggle; Chapter 5. The Legal Conflict; Chapter 6. The Academic Controversy; PART III. A HISTORY OF THE PRESENT MOMENT; Chapter 7. Postconflict Puvungna, Repatriation, and Reburial; Chapter 8. Moving Forward; Postscript. Reflections on Puvungna Twenty Years Later

Appendix A. Versions of the Chinigchinich Origin TaleAppendix B. 1849 and Beyond; Appendix C. Puvungna and the Campus Master Plan; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Of Sacred Lands and Strip Malls examines the acrimonious and costly conflict over control of Puvungna-land owned by California but sacred to several Native American tribes-and explores ongoing reverberations



from the academic, political, and legal battles.