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The book "Understanding Tolowa Histories" by James Collins discusses the history of the Tolowa people and how they have been affected by European colonization and the subsequent displacement and destruction of their culture. Collins uses a variety of sources, including ethnographic, linguistic, and historical materials, to explore the dynamics of place-claiming and expropriation as well as the relation between otherness and subjugation. Collins argues that the Tolowa and Native California are part of a larger pattern of US/Indian history and that their story is important in understanding the relationship between Native and non-Native Americans.
Understanding Tolowa Histories develops a multi-leveled historical inquiry of the Native Tolowa of Northwestern California. The Tolowa were displaced and nearly destroyed in the nineteenth century. Since then, they have struggled to reclaim their collective identity and language and are now re-emerging as a cultural and political group.
Presenting a wide-ranging analysis of ethnographic, linguistic and historical materials, James Collins explores the linguistic and political dynamics of place-claiming and expropriation as well as the relation between otherness and subjugation. He shows the role of such discourse in the ongoing controversies about tradition and identity in Native and non-Native America and establishes the place of the Tolowa and Native California in the larger pattern of US/Indian history.
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