Viola Martinez, California Paiute: Living in Two Worlds - Brossura

Bahr, Diana Meyers

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ISBN 10: 080614159X ISBN 13: 9780806141596

Casa editrice: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 2010

Riassunto

A Native American woman who endured forced assimilation in an Indian boarding school shares her story of living between two worlds--Indian and white. (Biography)

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The life story of Viola Martinez, an Owens Valley Paiute Indian of eastern California, extends over nine decades of the twentieth century. Viola experienced forced assimilation in an Indian boarding school, overcame racial stereotypes to pursue a college degree, and spent several years working at a Japanese American internment camp during World War II. Finding herself poised uncertainly between Indian and white worlds, Viola was determined to turn her marginalized existence into an opportunity for personal empowerment. In Viola Martinez, California Paiute, Diana Meyers Bahr recounts Viola's extraordinary life story and examines her strategies for dealing with acculturation.

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• Editore: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 080614159X
• ISBN 13: 9780806141596
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 202