Quest for Tribal Acknowledgment: California's Honey Lake Maidus

by Greg Sarris and Sara-larus Tolley

A small group of Indians known as the Honey Lake Maidus are very much alive today in the valley of the Susan River of northeast California. As a tribe, however, they do not exist. This is because they have not been acknowledged, a process by which the federal government officially recognizes Indian tribes.

By contrast, other California Indian tribes have won federal recognition and come to represent a driving force behind most Indian legislation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806137487
• ISBN13: 9780806137483
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.5"