Narratives of Persistence

Indigenous Negotiations of Colonialism in Alta and Baja California

Lee Panich (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2020
University of Arizona Press (Verlag)
9780816540778 (ISBN)

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Based on fifteen years of archaeological and historical research, Narratives of Persistence charts the remarkable persistence of the Ohlone and Paipai alongside a synthesis of Native Californian endurance over the past five centuries.

The Ohlone of the San Francisco Bay area and the Paipai of northern Baja California occupy opposite ends of the spectrum of Native Californian identities. Or so it would appear. While the Ohlone lack popular recognition and official acknowledgement from the United States government, the Paipai occupy a large reserve and celebrate their ongoing cultural traditions throughout Baja California and southern California. Yet the two groups share a similar colonial history: entanglements with early European explorers, labor and enculturation at Spanish missions, and sustained interactions with American and Mexican settler colonialism.Based on fifteen years of archaeological and historical research in the two regions, Narratives of Persistence charts the remarkable persistence of the Ohlone and Paipai alongside a synthesis of Native Californian endurance over the past five centuries. As the case studies demonstrate, Ohlone and Paipai people made intelligent and culturally appropriate choices to cope with the impact of colonialism on their communities, even as they took different pathways to the present day.

Lee M. Panich illustrates how changes in Native identity and practice within these colonial contexts were made to best conduct the groups' lives within shifting sets of colonial constraints. He draws connections between the events and processes of the deeper past and the way the Ohlone and Paipai today understand their own histories and identities, offering a model for how scholars of Indigenous histories may think about the connections between the past and the present.

Lee M. Panich is an associate professor of anthropology at Santa Clara University, specializing in the archaeology and ethnohistory of colonial California, particularly the Spanish mission system. He is co-editor with Tsim D. Schneider ofIndigenous Landscapes and Spanish Missions.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Rewriting Indigenous and Colonial Histories
1. Situating Native California
2. Native Worlds and European Arrivals
3. Making Choices in the Early Mission Period
4. Native Persistence and the Collapse of the Missions
5. Staking Native Claims within Settler States
6. Divergent Pathways in the Twentieth Century
Conclusion: Persistent Peoples
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.05.2020
Reihe/Serie	Archaeology of Indigenous-Colonial Interactions in the Americas
Zusatzinfo	20 black & white illustrations, 4 tables
Verlagsort	Tucson
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	461 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9780816540778 / 9780816540778
Zustand	Neuware