The Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) is hosting an author's reception Nov. 8 for UNLV anthropology professor Martha Knack whose new book, Boundaries Between: The Southern Paiutes, 1775-1995, recently was published by the University of Nebraska Press.

The reception, which is free and open to the public, will be held 4-6 p.m. at the Teaching and Learning Center, located on the third floor of the Lied Library on the UNLV campus.

Knack began her initial fieldwork on the Southern Paiute social structure in 1973. She spent more than 20 years conducting archival research and contemporary oral histories, which resulted in this ethnohistory.

In the book, Knack explains that before the arrival of the Euro-Americans, Southern Paiutes foraged the arid hills and valleys of southern Utah, Arizona north of the Grand Canyon, southern Nevada, and southeastern California. She relates the history of the Southern Paiutes from their first contacts with European trappers and traders through the end of the 20th century. It is a history that proceeds from encounters with Mormons, miners, and the military to the modern-day struggles over federal policies.

Knack is the author of several books, including, As Long as the River Shall Run: An Ethnohistory of Pyramid Lake Reservations, Nevada, and Native Americans and Wage Labor: Ethnohistorical Perspectives.

For more information about the reception, call WRIN at 895-4931.