Viola Martinez, California Paiute: Living in Two Worlds

by Diana Meyers Bahr

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The life story of Viola Martinez, an Owens Valley Paiute Indian of eastern California, extends over nine decades of the twentieth century. Viola experienced forced assimilation in an Indian boarding school, overcame racial stereotypes to pursue a college degree, and spent several years working at a Japanese American internment camp during World War II. Finding herself poised uncertainly between Indian and white worlds, Viola was determined to turn...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:080614159X

ISBN13:9780806141596

Release Date:October 2010

Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press

Length:214 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Native American Studies Politics & Social Sciences Regional U.S. Social Sciences Specific Demographics Specific Groups Textbooks West Women

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