
Viola Martinez, California Paiute
By Diana Meyers Bahr
Subjects: Biography, Indian women, north america, Paiute Indians, Indian women, Indians of north america, biography, Indians of north america, southwest, new
Description: "The life story of Viola Martinez, an Owens Valley Paiute Indian of eastern California, extends over nine decades of the twentieth century. Viola experienced forced assimilation in an Indian boarding school, overcame racial stereotypes to pursue a college degree, and spent several years wolking at a Japanese American internment camp during World War II. Finding herself poised uncertainly between Indian and white worlds, Viola was determined to turn her marginalized existence into an opportunity for personal empowerment. In Viola Martinez, California Paiute, Diana Meyers Bahr recounts Viola's extraordinary life story and examines her strategies for dealing with acculturation."--BOOK JACKET.
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