Modoc
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- proper noun
- /ˈmoʊdɒk/
- In 1963, Verne F. Ray wrote a detailed ethnography of the Modoc Indians of Northern California and Southern Oregon.
Examples
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This kind of tragic monologue is the central problem in Ray's ethnography of the Modoc.
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When his descriptions of tribal culture are overlaid with this reading of pragmatism, the Modoc emerge as a self-serving and ruthless people.
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The history of the Modoc Indians and digging into the hippie/yuppie dichotomy of Mendocino, CA, can wait for another time.
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The result of his ethnography, focusing as it does on the moral failings of the Modoc, is a tragic picture of a culture in ruinous decline.
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It is no wonder, then, that the conclusion he draws from his experience is that the Modoc People are "a tribe at the crossroads," their antisocial behaviors leading them invariably toward extinction.
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The Modoc people have a rich cultural heritage that is celebrated during various festivals.
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Many artifacts from the Modoc Indians can be found in museums across California and Oregon.
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The Modoc War was a significant event in the history of Native American resistance to relocation.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Modoc is the name given from a nearby Native language meaning 'southerners' or 'people of the south', so the Modoc became the name of the tribe living in northern California and southern Oregon.