Of Sacred Lands and Strip Malls - The Battle for Puvungna

Informationen zum Autor Ronald Loewe is professor of anthropology at California State University at Long Beach. His publications include Maya or Mestizo: Nationalism, Modernity and its Discontents. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Of Sacred Lands and Strip MallsPart I: Backdrop to a DisputeChapter 1 Beginnings: California Indians in Prehistory Chapter 2 From Mission History to Mission Mania (1869-1928)Chapter 3 Forty-Niner Culture and the Origin of the American Indian Studies ProgramPart II: The Puvungna Land DisputeChapter 4 The Political StruggleChapter 5 The Legal ConflictChapter 6 The Academic Debate Part III: A History of the Present MomentChapter 7 Post-Conflict Puvungna, Repatriation and ReburialChapter 8 Moving ForwardPost-Script: Reflections on Puvungna Twenty Years Later.By Eugene Ruyle, Saundra McMillan, Diana Wilson and Jan Sampson.Appendices

Product details

• Authors: Ronald Loewe, Loewe Ronald
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2016
• EAN: 9780759121607
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-2160-7
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Contemporary Native American Communities; Contemporary Native American C; Contemporary Native American Communities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; California, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Ancient, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, Relating to Native American people, Ancient religions & mythologies, Ancient religions and Mythologies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies