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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A Chemehuevi Song] represents the highest level of academic and community collaboration. . . [It] is the embodiment of an intellectual and cultural relationship that combines an astute analysis from the historian/ethnographer with a melody of rare tribal voices sharing the lived realities—both past and present—that Chemehuevi people experienced, survived, and relied upon to create the cultural resilience they are experiencing today."
-- Theresa L. Gregor * Southern California Quarterly *
"The sound historical research, sources, and extensive employment of oral history interviews makes this account of the history and persistence of the Chemehuevi an impressive work."
-- William D. Rowley * Montana Magazine *
"Trafzer’s book is a wondrous portrayal. . . . Compelling historical discourse. . . . A Chemehuevi Song is a song, and a story, that we should all make time to hear."
-- David Martínez * The Journal of Arizona History *
"Clifford E. Trafzer has produced a thorough history of the Chemehuevi people. . . . This work will appeal to a wide audience. It is certainly an important work for California Indian scholars. . . . This book is a song with a very clear message and chorus, and Trafzer makes very clear that the song continues."
-- Rebecca Bales * Western Historical Quarterly *
"A well-written and illustrated, carefully documented, masterful contribution to the overlapping fields of ethnohistory, ethnomusicology, Native American and American studies, myth, and folklore. Essential."
* Choice *
"Some academics are good scholars and a few are good storytellers. Clifford Trafzer is both. . . . Trafzer presents a nuanced view of the community's culture, especially their songs as methods of dealing with sorrow. . . . A Chemehuevi Song is a testament to their songs as metaphors for the Chemehuevi's adaptations to adversity and relative prosperity."
-- Ronald L. Holt * New Mexico Historical Review *
Table of ContentsForeword
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Chemehuevi Way
2. Invading and Defaming the Chemehuevi
3. War, Resistance, and Survival
4. The Chemehuevi at Twenty-Nine Palms
5. Unvanished Americans
6. Willie, Williams, and Carlota
7. Cultural Preservations, Ethnogenesis, and Revitalization
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
