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"Martha Knack's and Omer Stewart's brilliant interdisciplinary study of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, first published in 1984, is considered a major landmark in American Indian history-a lucid and insightful examination of the Paiutes, their reservation, and the ongoing controversy over conntrol of their land and the life-giving Truckee River waters that feed its heart, Pyramid Lake. The complex interethnic relations described in this book offer readers a case study of the dominant issues in contemporary Indian affairs and the themes of the legislation and court decisions that are shaping the fates of native peoles. This paperback edition includes a new afterword by Martha Knack that updates the story and traces litigation since 1984."-- Back cover.
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- The Lake of the Cui-ui Eaters -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- Appendix -- A Note on Sources About Pyramid Lake
In 1949, renowned journalist A. J. Liebling came to Reno to obtain a divorce, which required that he establish residency in Nevada for a period of six weeks. Liebling stayed at a guest ranch on the shores of Pyramid Lake. While there, his reporter’s curiosity was engaged by a bitter dispute raging between the Paiutes and non-Indian squatters who were claiming the most agriculturally productive lands of the reservation and the waters feeding the lake that was the economic and spiritual heart of the Paiutes’ ancient culture. Liebling recorded the litigation over the fate of the Pyramid Lake Reservation lands in a series of articles published in The New Yorker in 1955. Reprinted here in their entirety, the essays discuss the affair in detail, following it from the shores of the lake to the halls of Congress, and introducing readers to the colorful world of 1950s Nevada. This is a valuable record of one of Nevada’s most enduring and significant debates over the uses of the land and the precious water that nourishes it. Introduction by Elmer R. Rusco.
Describes the life of a Paiute woman who worked as an interpreter, scout, and spokesperson for her tribe in Washington