Bibliograph

An Indian among los Indígenas, a native travel memoir, Ursula Pike

Type

Label

An Indian among los Indígenas, a native travel memoir, Ursula Pike

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

An Indian among los Indígenas

Responsibility statement

Ursula Pike

Sub title

a native travel memoir

Summary

"Memoir by Ursula Pike (Karuk) of her time serving with the Peace Corps in Bolivia. Focusing on international travel from a California Indian perspective, the memoir asks what it means to be both colonizer and colonized, and inquires into the challenges of building relationships between Indigenous groups from very different places."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

A la llegada = Upon arrival -- Cochabamba -- La clase de baile = The dance lesson -- Primer viaje a Kantuta = First trip to Kantuta -- En la noche = In the evening -- El centro infantil = The children's center -- La ch'alla = The christening -- Ropa sucia = Dirty laundry -- La reposteria = The bakery -- Misiñawi = Cat eyes -- La noche más fría del año = The coldest night of the year -- Amigos = Friends -- La aislamiento = Isolation -- La celebración = The celebration -- Aventura = Adventure -- La flota = The bus -- Cantando = Singing -- Bailando = Dancing -- Casa = Home -- Mi salida = Departure

Target audience

adult

Classification