Buy this book on-line Powers, Stephen; Momaday, N. Scott (Preface); Heizer, Robert F : Californian Indian Characteristics and Centennial Mission to the Indians of Western Nevada and CaliforniaThe Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1975
"Designed and printed by Lawton and Albert Kennedy on copyright pageFront colophon: "Number 23 in the series of Keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library for its members." 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." Fifty-seven pages, complete. Black and white plates and one color frontispiece, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Minuscule edge wear. A Fine copy. "Note" in the front: "'Californian Indian Characteristics' was first published in the Overland Monthly, volume 14, number 4, for April, 1875. 'Centennial Mission to the Indians of Western Nevada and California' was first published in the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1876. This Keepsake was prepared for publication by J. R. K. Kantor, with the assistance of Lawrence Dinnean, Vivian C. Fisher, and Olivia Inaba." Stephen Powers (1840-1904) was an American ethnographer, journalist, and historian of Indigenous tribes in the United States. His perspectives and writings about Indigenous cultures and people were very forward-thinking in his time, as he painted a sympathetic view toward their plight during a time when colonization was well underway and national policy toward Indigenous communities was hostile. The following is an excerpt from one of Powers's writings in 1875: "Never before in the history has a people been swept away with such terrible swiftness, or so appalled into utter and unwhispering silence forever and forever, as were the California Indians ...." This pamphlet includes reprints of two of Powers's articles about the cultures of Indigenous tribes in California and Nevada. Also included is a Preface by N. Scott Momaday and an essay, "Stephen Powers as Anthropologist" by Robert F. Heizer.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Powers, Stephen; Momaday, N. Scott (Preface); Heizer, Robert F : Californian Indian Characteristics and Centennial Mission to the Indians of Western Nevada and California. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, rare books, fine bindings, out-of-print books and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |