| As Long as the River Shall Run: An Ethnohistory of Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation Contributor(s): Knack, Martha C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874173345 ISBN-13: 9780874173345 Publisher: University of Nevada Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1999 Annotation: Martha C. Knack and Omer C. stewart's study, the most complete analysis of a Great Basin Native American society, is now available in paperback. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | Native American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
| Dewey: 979.355 |
| LCCN: 99-25032 |
| Physical Information: 1.22" H x 5.73" W x 8.16" (1.26 lbs) 488 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Nevada |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The history of the Northern Paiutes of Pyramid Lake in northwestern Nevada is one fraught with the conflicts and tensions of the modern West--relentless encroachment by non-Indians into Indian lands; disputes over scarce water; endangerment of a rare and valuable species of fish--all played out on a stage that stretches from the centers of national politics in Washington, DC, to a remote desert reservation where an ancient people struggles to preserve the traditional center of its spiritual and economic life. Martha Knack's and Omer Stewart's brilliant interdisciplinary study of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, first published in 1984, is considered a major landmark in American Indian history--a lucid and insightful examination of the Paiutes, their reservation, and the ongoing controversy over control of their land and the life-giving Truckee River waters that feed Pyramid Lake. The complex interethnic relations described in this book offer readers a case study of the dominant issues in Indian affairs and the themes of the legislation and court decisions that shape the fates of native peoples. |