
- 272 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Newly expanded, a memoir hailed as essential by the likes of Leslie Marmon Silko and ELLE magazine.
" Bad Indians stands out as a classic quintessentially Indigenous memoir." — Joy Harjo
Bad Indians —part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir—is essential reading for anyone seeking to learn about California Indian history, past and present. Widely adopted in classrooms and book clubs throughout the United States, Bad Indians —now reissued in significantly expanded form—plumbs ancestry, survivance, and the cultural memory of Native California.
In this best-selling, now-classic memoir, Deborah A. Miranda tells stories of her Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen family and the experiences of California Indians more widely through oral histories, newspaper clippings, anthropological recordings, personal reflections, and poems. This expanded edition—the first time the book has seen release in hardcover format—includes new poems and essays, as well as an extensive afterword. Wise, indignant, and playful all at once, Bad Indians is a beautiful and devastating read, and an indispensable book for anyone seeking a more just telling of American history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Things You Can Do with Your Chart for Calculating Quantum of Indian Blood
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface to the 10th Anniversary Edition
- Introduction: California Is a Story
- The End of the World: Missionization 1770–1836
- Bridges: Post-Secularization 1836–1900
- The Light from the Carrisa Plains: Reinvention 1900–1961
- Teheyapami Achiska: Home 1961–Present
- Acknowledgments
- Sources and Permissions
- Ancestry Chart
- About the Author
- Things You Can Do with Your Chart for Calculating Quantum of Indian Blood