| Corbett Mack: The Life of a Northern Paiute Contributor(s): Hittman, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874179157 ISBN-13: 9780874179156 Publisher: University of Nevada Press OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2013016218 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.30 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Corbett Mack (1892-1974), was a Northern Paiute of mixed ancestry, caught between Native American and white worlds. A generation before, his tribe had brought forth the prophet Wovoka, whose Ghost Dance swept the Indian world in the 1890s. Mack's world was a harsh and bitter place after the last Native American uprisings had been brutally crushed; a life of servitude to white farmers and addiction to opium. Hittman uses Mack's own words to retell his story, an uncompromising account of a traumatized life that typified his generation, yet nonetheless made meaningful through the perseverance of Paiute cultural traditions. |