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Forced to Abandon Our Fields: The 1914 Clay Southworth Gila River Pima Interviews
David H. Dejong
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Description for Forced to Abandon Our Fields: The 1914 Clay Southworth Gila River Pima Interviews
Paperback. Editor(s): Sharkey, Heather J. Num Pages: 177 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
During the nineteenth century, upstream diversions from the Gila River decreased the arable land on the Gila River Indian Reservation to only a few thousand acres. As a result the Pima Indians, primarily an agricultural people, fell into poverty. Many Pima farmers and leaders lamented this suffering and in 1914 the United States Indian Irrigation Service assigned a 33-year-old engineer named Clay ""Charles"" Southworth to oversee the Gila River adjudication. As part of that process, Southworth interviewed 34 Pima elders, thus putting a face on the depth of hardships facing many Indians in the late nineteenth century. Southworth's interviews fell ... Read more
During the nineteenth century, upstream diversions from the Gila River decreased the arable land on the Gila River Indian Reservation to only a few thousand acres. As a result the Pima Indians, primarily an agricultural people, fell into poverty. Many Pima farmers and leaders lamented this suffering and in 1914 the United States Indian Irrigation Service assigned a 33-year-old engineer named Clay ""Charles"" Southworth to oversee the Gila River adjudication. As part of that process, Southworth interviewed 34 Pima elders, thus putting a face on the depth of hardships facing many Indians in the late nineteenth century. Southworth's interviews fell ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9781607810957
SKU
V9781607810957
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Forced to Abandon Our Fields: The 1914 Clay Southworth Gila River Pima Interviews
“DeJong's presentation of the oral interview transcripts is excellent. These interviews are a rich source of cultural and historical information about the Pimas.”—David Rich Lewis, Utah State University "The interviews and other original sources, including photographs and translations of two calendar sticks as well as DeJong's overview of federal policies regarding Pima water, provide a historical context ... Read more