Blood of the Band: An Ipai Family Story - Softcover

Blood of the Band gives a detailed look into the origins of the San Pasqual Ipaay people]].Toler provides a rare glimpse into the internal conflicts regarding identity, "indian-ness" and belonging]].This book is a great addition into the family of Kumeyaay reference material and stands to be a much cited reference in the years to come. -- Michael Connolly Miskwish, MA "Kumeyaay Historian"

"The Ipai (also known as Kumeyaay) are the native people of northern San Diego County. This book illustrates how one Ipai family's remarkable story forms part of the little-known, yet profoundly significant long-term history of human habitation in the land that only recently has come to be known as southern California. Beginning with the ancestors' accounts of the creation of the world that link the Ipai with the unique characteristics of our region's natural world, the journey then takes readers throughthe archaeological, historical, ethnographic and contemporary accounts of the dramatic transformations through which the Ipai have persisted and ultimately prospered"--Provided by publisher.