Newly expanded, a Memoir hailed as essential by the likes of Leslie Marmon Silko and ELLE magazine 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.
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..
This Anniversary edition--the first time the book has seen release in hardcover format--includes new poems and essays, as well as an extensive afterword.
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.
In this best-selling, now-classic memoir, Deborah A.
Widely adopted in classrooms and book clubs throughout the United States, Bad Indians --now reissued in significantly expanded form for its 10th anniversary--plumbs ancestry, survivance, and the cultural memory of Native California.
Newly expanded, a Memoir hailed as essential by the likes of Leslie Marmon Silko and ELLE magazine 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