In the Land of the Grasshopper Song: Two Women in the Klamath River Indian Country in 1908-09 Contributor(s): Arnold, Mary Ellicott (Author), Reed, Mabel (Author), Bernardin, Susan (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0803236379 ISBN-13: 9780803236370 Publisher: Bison Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: December 2011 |
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BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
Dewey: 979.421 |
LCCN: 2011021432 |
Lexile Measure: 900 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (0.95 lbs) 350 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: In 1908 easterners Mary Ellicott Arnold and Mabel Reed accepted appointments as field matrons in Karuk tribal communities in the Klamath and Salmon River country of northern California. In doing so, they joined a handful of white women in a rugged region that retained the frontier mentality of the gold rush some fifty years earlier. Hired to promote the federal government's assimilation of American Indians, Arnold and Reed instead found themselves adapting to the world they entered, a complex and contentious territory of Anglo miners and Karuk families. In the Land of the Grasshopper Song, Arnold and Reed's account of their experiences, shows their irreverence towards Victorian ideals of womanhood, recounts their respect toward and friendship with Karuks, and offers a rare portrait of women's western experiences in this era. Writing with self-deprecating humor, the women recall their misadventures as women "in a white man's country" and as whites in Indian country. A story about crossing cultural divides, In the Land of the Grasshopper Song also documents Karuk resilience despite seemingly insurmountable odds. New material by Susan Bernardin, Andr Cramblit, and Terry Supahan provides rich biographical, cultural, and historical contexts for understanding the continuing importance of this story for Karuk people and other readers. |
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