Abalone tales : collaborative explorations of sovereignty and identity in native California

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 0822342332
ISBN: 9780822342168 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0822342162 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780822342335 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0822342332 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xi, 196 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-192) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.