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Author

Salas Teutimes, Ernest P., author.

Title Toypurina, the Joan of Arc of California / Ernest P. Salas Teutimes, spiritual leader & chief of the Kizh Nation Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians ; Andrew Salas, chairman of the Kizh Nation Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians ; Dr. Christina Swindall Martinez, secretary of the Kizh Nation Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians ; Dr. Gary Stickel, tribal archaeologist.

Publication Info.

San Gabriel, California : Kizh Tribal Press, [2013]

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Copies

Location		Call No.	Status
GDL Central Library Glendale History Room Reference		92 Toypurina SAL	Available
GDL Central Library Non-Fiction		92 Toypurina SAL	Available

Description	96 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
	text rdacontent
	unmediated rdamedia
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Note	Publication date from communication with authors.
Summary	Toypurina, a shaman of the Kizh people, in 1785 became the only known Native American woman to lead a rebellion against European colonizers.
Subject	Toypurina, 1760-1799.
	Gabrielino Indians -- California -- Biography.
	Indian women -- California, Southern -- Biography.
	Women shamans -- California, Southern -- Biography.
Added Author	Salas, Andrew, author.
	Swindall-Martinez, Christina, author.
	Stickel, E. Gary (Edwin Gary), author.
ISBN	9780615930893
	0615930891