Native Americans of California and Nevada (Paperback)

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Ethnographic study of Indian culture from the prehistoric to present day times, covering an area that today includes California and Nevada. A fascinating history of Indian-white relations with a section on the multicultural approach to Indian education.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Naturegraph Publishers; Revised edition (December 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879611197
• ISBN-13: 978-0879611194
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #726,365 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good place to start in understanding our difficult past, June 30, 2000

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Forbes has written a well-documented and lucid account of the local tribes in California and Nevada dealing with a succession of non-native invaders: the Spanish, the Mexican-Indian, and the Anglo-Americans. Unfortunately, these invaders used increasingly hostile forms of removal, forced labor camps, and extermination to achieve their desires for land and resouces. Can the US criticize any nation for ethnic cleansing or genocide with such a history? Certainly not without acknowledging our own past: this is the fresh perspective one gets from reading Forbes' book. Forbes also makes clear there has been a long process of renewal in local tribes, which continues with vigor and hopefulness today.