Paola

[Ian Livingston]

Paola, Kansas is named directly for the tribe. The tribal government was
dissolved by the US in 1959 and the tribe, thus, disenfranchised. Paola
Majistral is among the significant characters of V., which was written as
the Peoria tribe had its hour of darkness, if you will--19 years of
official non-existence. Just an interesting sort of tangent, a ghost ship
that might have crossed within view of Pynchon's bow.

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm livin not far from Peoria these days, Natives and the Ghosts of
> Natives are still seen wandering these lands...
> but, forgive me, what is the Pynchon reference here?
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I wonder what the chances are that Pynchon knew this? I mean the Malta
>> thing is obvious and probably all one needs to know, but this is
>> interesting, just the same.
>>
>> (Wikipedia)
>>
>> Language and name
>>
>> The Peoria spoke a dialect of the Miami-Illinois language<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami-Illinois_language>.
>> The name "Peoria" derives from their autonym<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endonym> or
>> name for themselves in the Illinois language, *peewaareewa* (modern
>> pronunciation *peewaalia*). Originally it meant, "Comes carrying a pack
>> on his back."[2] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_tribe#cite_note-1>No
>> speakers of the Peoria language survive.
>>
>> ...
>> During the 1950s, the US government pursued a policy of Indian
>> termination <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_termination_policy> to
>> end its special relationship with tribes. It dissolved the Peoria tribal
>> government, which lost federal recognition in 1959. Tribal members objected
>> and began the process to regain federal recognition, which they achieved in
>> 1978.[6] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_tribe#cite_note-ohs-5>
>> ...
>> Namesakes
>>
>>    - The city of Peoria, Illinois<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois> and
>>    the surrounding Peoria County<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois> are
>>    named after the tribe which lived in that area.
>>    - The Peoria War <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_War> occurred
>>    in this area but is named for the town, as the tribe had already left for
>>    Missouri before this conflict occurred.
>>    - Peoria, Oklahoma <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Oklahoma>
>>     and Paola, Kansas <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola,_Kansas> are
>>    named directly for the tribe. Many other places named Peoria<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_named_Peoria> and
>>    US Navy ships were named after the town in Illinois.
>>
>>
>> --
>> "Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
>> creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust
>> in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness
>> groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest
>> urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
>>
>
>


-- 
"Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all creeds
the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust in
reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness
groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest
urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
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