Indians, missionaries, and merchants
Indians, missionaries, and merchants2005
About this book
"California's earliest European colonists - Russian merchants and Spanish missionaries - depended heavily on Native Americans for labor to build and maintain their colonies, but they did so in very different ways. This book brings together disparate skeins of the past - including little-known oral histories, native texts, ethnohistory, and archaeological excavations - to present a new view of how native cultures fared under these two colonial systems. Kent Lightfoot's work, which incorporates the holistic methods of historical anthropology, explores the surprising ramifications of these long-ago encounters for the present-day political status of native people in California."--BOOK JACKET.
Details
- First published
- 2005
- OL Work ID
- OL11989131W
Subjects
CommerceFederal aid to IndiansFederally recognized Indian tribesFirst contact with EuropeansFranciscansHistoryIndians of North AmericaMissionsPolitics and governmentRace relationsSocial policyFranciscans, missionsIndians of north america, first contact with europeansIndians of north america, missionsIndians of north america, commerceUnited states, politics and governmentUnited states, social policyUnited states, race relations