Book
Ukomno'm: the Yuki Indians of northern California
Ballena Press • (14) • Published In 1979 • Pages: 108 , plates
By: Miller, Virginia P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a longer version of document number 13 in which Miller chronicles the systematic destruction of the Yuki by white settlers between 1850 and 1863. The first intruders into the Round Valley, where most of the Yuki lived, saw an opportunity in selling Yuki women and children as wives and slaves to Mexicans settlers in California. Next came the ranchers who wanted Yuki land for their cattle and proceeded to exterminate them. Miller shows the duplicity of government officials, including the Governor and Secretary of the Interior of California, who voiced concern for Indian rights and welfare but did little about it, the latter having his own interests in accumulating land in the valley. The few white people who expressed genuine concern for the fate of the Yuki had little power to avert the slaughter.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Slavery
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Warfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yuki
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Not Specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850-1863
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mendocino County, California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Virginia P. Miller
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-108)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79115501
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yuki Indians