List of Illustrations
Foreword
Introduction
Author's Note
Book One
The Origins of Southern California: Western Science
Part 1. Light, Space, Matter
Part 2. Galaxy, Planet, Moon, Rain
Part 3. Wandering North America, Life, Death
Part 4. Reptiles, Flowers, Mammals, Rivers
Part 5. Southern California Coming: Mountains in Motion
Part 6. Southern California Ice Age: Bountiful Homeland
Book Two
The Origins of Southern California: Indigenous Myths and Songs
Part 1. Universe, World, People
Part 2. The Great Captain Wiyot: Death, Spirit, Power
Part 3. Food, Feasting, Deer, Moon
Part 4. The First People
Part 5. Human Beings: Singers, Balance Keepers
Part 6. White People
Epilogue: Chinigchinich, the Spanish, the Yankees
Postscript
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Susan Suntree’s previous books include Wisdom of the East: Stories of Compassion, Inspiration, and Love; Rita Moreno; and Eye of the Womb. She taught for many years at East Los Angeles College. Gary Snyder’s literary awards include the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Turtle Island and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.Lowell John Bean is an anthropologist and the author and editor of numerous books and articles about California and Southwest Native American cultures and peoples. Juergen Nogai’s work has appeared in magazines, books, and museum and gallery exhibitions worldwide.
“Susan Suntree’s mythopoetic Sacred Sites: The Secret History of
Southern California weaves science, Native legend, and natural
history into a two-hundred-plus-page poem. . . . [It comes] rooted
in diversity and complexity, what many of the best books are
about.”—David Ulin, Los Angeles Times
“‘Human beings are the ones who have the power, through their
songs, to affect the balance of the world.’ What an immensely
beautiful book!”—Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan University Professor of
the Humanities at Harvard University and author of The Swerve:
How the World Became Modern, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and
National Book Award
“After sailing through this triumph of literary montage the
Southland will never seem the same—it has become Indian Country
again.”—Peter Nabokov, professor of world arts and cultures at the
University of California at Los Angeles and author of Where the
Lightning Strikes: The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places
"Suntree tells the story that is least often told, and for that
alone readers can be grateful."—Brett Garcia Myhren, Western
American Literature
“A geological and cultural human history of Southern California in
verse? Impossible, right? Not so, as this is exactly what
California-born Susan Suntree has done. And to Suntree’s credit,
her performance of this ‘impossible’ feat is not only competent, it
shines.”—Thomas Crowe, Bloomsbury Review
“I simply cannot express adequately my appreciation for Sacred
Sites: The Secret History of Southern California. It is wonderful!
So full of beauty and knowledge.”—Glen MacDonald, UCLA
Distinguished Professor and John Muir Memorial Chair of
Geography
“Meticulously researched geology, geography, history, and oral
traditions are put in motion by a performer’s touch. . . . Sacred
Sites is an outstanding literary work, combining science with the
spirituality of Native oral traditions.”—Jurgita Antoine, Tribal
College Journal
“Sacred Sites is a glowing monument to the magic that trails behind
each one of us humans, a sweet testament to imagination and
whatever God we may acknowledge. I have nothing but respect and awe
for this absolutely unique work of art.”—Carolyn See, author
of Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other
Dreamers
“Sacred Sites honors the power and beauty of our indigenous
heritage and homeland. By knowing our history we better understand
the present and our journey into the future.”—Anthony Morales,
tribal chair, Gabrielino Tongva Council of San Gabriel
“Susan Suntree presents a readable and broadly accessible account
of the history of the universe, Earth, and Southern California in
this scholarly and creative blend of ancient myth and modern
science.”—Raymond V. Ingersoll, professor of geology at the
University of California, Los Angeles
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