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ISBN: 978-1-59714-115-4
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paperback, 8 x 10, 368 pages, with photos, maps, and graphics throughout ISBN: 978-1-59714-115-4 $21.95 Tell me when this paperback becomes available O, My Ancestor: Recognition and Renewal for the Gabrielino–Tongva People of the Los Angeles Area
Claudia Jurmain and William McCawley; Foreword by Kevin Starr
A Southern California tribe examines its contemporary identity In O, My Ancestor, members of the Los Angeles area's Gabrielino-Tongva community reflect on what it means to be Gabrielino-Tongva today, when centuries of domination by the Spanish and then Americans have left little of the native culture intact. This book gives voice to the Tongva community's leaders, activists, educators, and artists and is part of an ongoing reclamation of their heritage. Essays by historian William McCawley interspersed throughout the book introduce Tongva history and traditional culture, providing context for the issues the community now grapples with. Faced with the challenge of reconstructing forgotten cultural practices in one of the largest metropolises in the world, the Tongva inspire fascinating questions of identity, culture, sovereignty, and the impact of the past on life today. Published in collaboration with Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation Advanced Praise "Whenever we honor the ancestors with our song 'O my ancestor, listen to my heart,' we thank them for showing us the past so that we can continue into the present and journey into the future. We are the voices of the ancestors and continue their story with this book and the lives we lead today." —Anthony Morales, tribal chair, Gabrieleno/Tongva Tribal Council of San Gabriel
"The coming together of people in this book is unique, hopefully establishing some sort of model for initiating future conversations about how to move forward. This book, for the first time, allows us to share who we are in our heart and our reality." —Cindi Alvitre (Tongva), board member, California Council for the Humanities
"O, My Ancestor is a most admirable and necessary undertaking, with rich and moving testimony and a fullness of detail that make it compelling." —James D. Houston, author of Bird of Another Heaven About the Authors Claudia Jurmain is Director of Special Projects and Publications at Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens in Long Beach, California. She is coeditor of California: A Place, a People, a Dream (1986), author of Planting Perspectives: Natives and Newcomers at Rancho Los Alamitos (2002), and the editor of the upcoming Rancho Los Alamitos: Ever Changing, Always the Same. William McCawley is a native of Southern California, where he makes his home. He is a graduate of California State University, Long Beach, and his interest in the history of this region—especially the story of the Gabrielino-Tongva Indians—is drawn from his own connection to this land and its people. His first book, The First Angelinos: The Gabrielino Indians of Los Angeles, was published in 1996. |
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