Where the red-winged blackbirds sing : the Akimel O'odham and cycles of agricultural transformation in the Phoenix Basin /

Examines the ways in which the Akimel O'odham ("River People") and their ancestors, the Huhugam, adapted to economic, political and environmental constraints imposed by federal Indian policy, the Indian Bureau and an encroaching settler population in Arizona's Gila River Valley.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bess, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2021]
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Summary:Examines the ways in which the Akimel O'odham ("River People") and their ancestors, the Huhugam, adapted to economic, political and environmental constraints imposed by federal Indian policy, the Indian Bureau and an encroaching settler population in Arizona's Gila River Valley.
Physical Description:xvi, 419 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781646420827
1646420829