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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. 

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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. 1-6
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-xii
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  1. Illustrations
  2. pp. xiii-xiv
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  1. Acknowledgments
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  1. Note on Orthography
  2. pp. xvii-xviii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-22
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  1. 1. Birth and Family (1892)
  2. pp. 23-42
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  1. 2. Boyhood (1892-1905)
  2. pp. 43-64
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  1. 3. Boarding School (1905-10)
  2. pp. 65-80
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  1. Image Plates
  2. pp. 101-104
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  1. 4. Work and Girls (1912-23)
  2. pp. 81-108
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  1. 5. Italians, Potatoes, Homemade Wine
  2. pp. 109-128
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  1. 6. Chinese Opium (1896-1931)
  2. pp. 129-172
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  1. 7. Some Real Old-Timers (1896-1940)
  2. pp. 173-206
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  1. 8. Retirement Years (1954-74)
  2. pp. 207-238
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  1. Epilogue
  2. pp. 239-242
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  1. Appendix A: Local Newspaper Accounts of Opiates in Smith and Mason Valleys, Nevada (1896–1931)
  2. pp. 243-252
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  1. Appendix B: Report of Narcotic Situation among the Indians of the Walker River Jurisdiction (1931)
  2. pp. 253-256
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  1. Appendix C: Narcotics in Smith and Mason Valleys (1929)
  2. pp. 257-258
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 259-370
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  1. Bibliography
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  1. Index
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