Pestilence and persistence : Yosemite Indian demography and culture in colonial California / Kathleen L. Hull.

Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, [2009], ©2009.

xiv, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disentangling colonial encounters -- Multiple perspectives on a critical time -- Colonial encounters in Yosemite Valley -- The people of Awahnee -- Peopling the past -- A tradition of survival : archaeological evidence for Awahnichi depopulation -- Daily practices in a changing world -- Hol'-low and he-le'-jah : cultural continuity and change -- The colonial experience : epidemic disease and cultural outcomes elsewhere in North America -- Culture, history, and colonialism.