Joshua Tree
The Native American Ethnography and Ethnohistory of Joshua Tree National Park
An Overview
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER

I. INTRODUCTION

II. METHOD

III. THE PEOPLE WHO USED THE PARK: THEIR CULTURE AND HISTORY

IV. THE SERRANO

A. Major Sources
B. Traditional Territory
   1. Oral History
   2. Claims Case Boundaries
C. Subsistence Resources
   1. Plant Resources
   2. Animal Resources
D. Material Culture, Technology
E. Trade, Exchange, Storage
F. Social Structure
G. Religion, World View
H. History
   1. Mission Period
   2. American Period
   3. Present Day Serrano

V. CHEMEHUEVI

A. Major Sources
B. Traditional Territory
C. Subsistence Resources
D. Material Culture, Technology
E. Trade, Exchange, Storage
F. Social Structure
G. Religion
H. History of the Chemehuevi
I. Early History
J. American Period
K. Chemehuevis at Twentynine Palms
L. The Establishment of the Reservation
M. The Willie Boy Story
N. Reservation Affairs
O. Recent Years

VI. CAHUILLA

A. Major Sources
B. Traditional Territory
C. Subsistence Resources
   1. Plants
   2. Animals
D. Material Culture, Technology
E. Trade, Exchange, Storage
F. Social Structure
G. Religion
   1. World View
H. History
   1. Early History
   2. The Arrival of Europeans and Euro-Americans
   3. Reservations

VII. MOJAVE

A. Major Sources
B. Traditional Territory
C. Material Culture, Technology
   1. Food Preparation and Acquisition
   2. Structures
D. Trade, Exchange, Storage
E. Social Structure
F. Religion
G. History
   1. Spanish-Mexican Period
   2. Explorers Arrive
   3. The United States Takes Over
   4. The Mining Industry Begins
   5. Railroads
   6. World War II and Beyond

SUGGESTED FURTHER RESEARCH

REFERENCES CITED



MAPS
Map 1: Tribal Boundaries, Claims Case
Map 2: Early Routes Across the Desert
Map 3: The Twenty-Nine Palms Indian Reservation, 1908


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