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Author Lightfoot, Kent G., 1953-

Title Indians, missionaries, and merchants : the legacy of colonial encounters on the California frontiers / Kent G. Lightfoot.

Publication Info. Berkeley, California ; London : University of California Press, 2006.
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 338 pages) : illustrations, maps
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-318) and index.
Summary Annotation 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 richly detailed book brings together disparate skeins of the past--including little-known oral histories, native texts, ethnohistory, and archaeological excavations--to present a vivid new view of how native cultures fared under these two colonial systems. Kent Lightfoot's innovative 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. Lightfoot weaves the results of his own significant archaeological research at Fort Ross, a major Russian mercantile colony, into a cross-cultural comparison, showing how these two colonial ventures--one primarily mercantile and one primarily religious--contributed to the development of new kinds of native identities, social forms, and tribal relationships. His lively account includes personal anecdotes from the field and a provocative discussion of the role played by early ethnographers, such as Alfred Kroeber, in influencing which tribes would eventually receive federal recognition. Indians, Missionaries, and Merchantstakes a fascinating, yet troubling, look at California's past and its role in shaping the state today.
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Subject Franciscans -- Missions -- California -- History.
Franciscans.
Missions.
California.
History.
Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples -- California.
Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples.
Indians of North America -- Missions -- California -- History.
Indians of North America -- Missions.
Indians of North America -- Commerce -- California -- History.
Indians of North America -- Commerce.
Federally recognized Indian tribes -- California.
Federally recognized Indian tribes.
Federal aid to Indians -- California.
Federal aid to Indians.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States.
Politics and government.
United States -- Social policy.
Social policy.
United States -- Race relations.
Race relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Legacy of colonial encounters on the California frontiers
Other Form: Print version: 0520249984 9780520249981
ISBN 0520940350 (electronic book)
9780520940352 (electronic book)