Abstract:
Chief Paulina was a war chief and a
Northern Paiute of the Hunipuitoka band.
His life, specifically beginning at the time
of the creation of the Warm Springs
Reservation in 1855 and ending around
the time of his death in 1867, was full of
conflicts. Dominant culture during his life
and now secondary literature as well as
public imagination have cast Chief
Paulina as the stereotypical "ignoble
savage." He has been demonized and
distorted into a bullet-proof, blood
thirsty, violent war leader who cared for
little but the thrill of raiding.