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Adopted by Indians: A True Story

by Thomas Jefferson Mayfield

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A childhood among the Choinumne

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A childhood among the Choinumne

Thomas Jefferson Mayfield recounts twelve years of his childhood among the Choinumne Indians of California’s San Joaquin Valley. The account brings together everyday details of life with Choinumne children—playing, hunting, fishing, sharing food and wearing their clothes—with a view of traditional California Indian life and early California. Presented as a true story and aimed at younger readers, the book offers a personal route into this place and period through one boy’s remembered experience.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Younger readers interested in Native American history and traditional California Indian life
  • Readers exploring early California through a personal childhood account

Themes

Childhood and adoptionChoinumne life and cultureEarly CaliforniaMemory and personal history

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Book overview

For younger readers: a close-up view of traditional California Indian life and early California.

Thomas Jefferson Mayfield kept a wonderful secret for almost sixty years: the secret of his childhood among the Choinumne Indians of California's San Joaquin Valley. For twelve years he played and slept alongside Choinmune children, he hunted and fished with them, ate their food and wore their clothes. Adopted by Indians is the story of a boy who had an adventure that we can only dream about and it is absolutely true.

Adopted by Indians has been approved by the California Department of Education and is listed in the Instructional Materials Approved for Legal Compliance Catalog.

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