Corbett Mack
The Life of a Northern Paiute
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Native American Studies, Anthropology
| Author: | Michael Hittman | ISBN: | 9780874179163 |
| Publisher: | University of Nevada Press | Publication: | September 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | University of Nevada Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael Hittman |
| ISBN: | 9780874179163 |
| Publisher: | University of Nevada Press |
| Publication: | September 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | University of Nevada Press |
| Language: | English |
Corbett Mack (1892–1974), was a Northern Paiute of mixed ancestry, caught between Native American and white worlds. A generation before, his tribe had brought forth the prophet Wovoka, whose Ghost Dance swept the Indian world in the 1890s. Mack’s world was a harsh and bitter place after the last Native American uprisings had been brutally crushed; a life of servitude to white farmers and addiction to opium. Hittman uses Mack’s own words to retell his story, an uncompromising account of a traumatized life that typified his generation, yet nonetheless made meaningful through the perseverance of Paiute cultural traditions.
Corbett Mack (1892–1974), was a Northern Paiute of mixed ancestry, caught between Native American and white worlds. A generation before, his tribe had brought forth the prophet Wovoka, whose Ghost Dance swept the Indian world in the 1890s. Mack’s world was a harsh and bitter place after the last Native American uprisings had been brutally crushed; a life of servitude to white farmers and addiction to opium. Hittman uses Mack’s own words to retell his story, an uncompromising account of a traumatized life that typified his generation, yet nonetheless made meaningful through the perseverance of Paiute cultural traditions.
