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Book Pacific Coast Indians of North America

Download or read book Pacific Coast Indians of North America written by Grant Lyons and published by Julian Messner. This book was released on 1983 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the culture and history of the Tlingit, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Salish, and other Indian peoples inhabiting the Pacific coast from Alaska to California.

Book Indians of the North Pacific Coast

Download or read book Indians of the North Pacific Coast written by Tom MacFeat and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Native Americans of the Pacific Coast

Download or read book Native Americans of the Pacific Coast written by Vinson Brown and published by Happy Camp, Calif. : Naturegraph. This book was released on 1985 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the Native American tribes that inhabited the Pacific coast of North America from 1500 to 1700 including the Tlingit, Coast Salish and Chinook, the Pomo and other natives of Central California, and more.

Book Northwest Coast Indians

Download or read book Northwest Coast Indians written by Mir Tamim Ansary and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These book focus on Native American culture by examining geographic and cultural groupings as well as the major nations and tribes within each area.

Book The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence

Download or read book The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence written by Robert Thomas Boyd and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1700s, when Euro-Americans began to visit the Northwest Coast, they reported the presence of vigorous, diverse cultures--among them the Tlingit, Haida, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Coast Salish, and Chinookans--with a population conservatively estimated at over 180,000. A century later only about 35,000 were left. The change was brought about by the introduction of diseases that had originated in the Eastern Hemisphere, such as smallpox, malaria, measles, and influenza. The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence examines the introduction of infectious diseases among the Indians of the Northwest Coast culture area (present-day Oregon and Washington west of the Cascade Mountains, British Columbia west of the Coast Range, and southeast Alaska) in the first century of contact and the effects of these new diseases on Native American population size, structure, interactions, and viability. The emphasis is on epidemic diseases and specific epidemic episodes. In most parts of the Americas, disease transfer and depopulation occurred early and are poorly documented. Because of the lateness of Euro-American contact in the Pacific Northwest, however, records are relatively complete, and it is possible to reconstruct in some detail the processes of disease transfer and the progress of specific epidemics, compute their demographic impact, and discern connections between these processes and culture change. Boyd provides a thorough compilation, analysis, and comparison of information gleaned from many published and archival sources, both Euro-American (trading-company, mission, and doctors' records; ships' logs; diaries; and Hudson's Bay Company and government censuses) and Native American (oral traditions and informant testimony). The many quotations from contemporary sources underscore the magnitude of the human suffering. The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence is a definitive study of introduced diseases in the Pacific Northwest. For more information on the author go to http: //roberttboyd.com/

Book Indians of the North Pacific Coast

Download or read book Indians of the North Pacific Coast written by Tom McFeat and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1989 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the area. The Indian tribes of the North Pacific Coast / Franz Boas -- Primary forms of material culture : living and eating / John R. Jewitt -- Boatmanship / Gilbert Malcolm Sproat -- Nootka whaling / Philip Drucker -- Social organization. The social organization of the west coast tribes / Edward Sapir -- Social organization of the Haida / John R. Swanton -- The ancestral family of the Bella Coola / T.F. McIlwraith -- The potlatch. The potlatch / Franz Boas -- The nature of the potlatch / H.G. Barnett -- Fighting with property / Helen Codere -- Some variations on the potlatch / Philip Drucker -- Black market in prerogatives among the northern Kwakiutl / Ronald L. Olson -- Git-la'n Chief's potlatch / Viola Garfield -- Daniel Cranmer's potlatch / Helen Codere -- Lagius gives me a copper / Clellan S. Ford -- Rank and class: viewpoints. Rank, wealth, and kinship in Northwest Coast society / Philip Drucker -- Kwakiutl society : rank without class / Helen Codere -- Boas and the neglect of commoners / Verne F. Ray, Robert H. Lowie -- Private knowledge, morality, and social classes among the Coast Salish / Wayne Suttles -- Ceremonialism. The winter ceremonial / Franz Boas -- Charlie Nowell recalls the winter ceremonies / Clellan S. Ford -- Deviance and normality. Crime and punishment in Tlingit society / Kalervo Oberg -- The patterns of the culture / Philip Drucker -- The amiable side of Kwakiutl life : the potlatch and the play potlatch / Helen Codere -- The amiable side of Patterns of culture / Victor Barnouw -- Appendix. Culture element distributions / Philip Drucker.

Book Indian Life on the Northwest Coast of North America as seen by the Early Explorers and Fur Traders during the Last Decades of the Eighteenth Century

Download or read book Indian Life on the Northwest Coast of North America as seen by the Early Explorers and Fur Traders during the Last Decades of the Eighteenth Century written by Erna Gunther and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reconstruction of the Haida and Tlingit cultures of the Pacific Northwest during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Drawing on a wide range of evidence, this volume is a carefully researched investigation into the ethnohistory of the Pacific Northwest during the period of European exploration of the region. The book supplements the archeological evidence from the area with a detailed investigation of the journals, diaries, and sketchbooks of Russian, Spanish, and English explorers and traders who reached the region, as well as artifacts that those explorers and traders obtained on their expeditions and that are now held in museums worldwide. In doing so, Gunther's research extends anthropological study of the region a century earlier, and sheds light on the understudied tribal cultures of the Haida and the Tlingit. The volume contains splendid reproductions of contemporary drawings, and appendices mapping the museum locations of artifacts and describing the processes of native technology.

Book Northwest Coast Indian Art

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bill Holm
  • Publisher : University of Washington Press
  • Release : 2017-01-03
  • ISBN : 0295999500
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Northwest Coast Indian Art written by Bill Holm and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 50th anniversary edition of this classic work on the art of Northwest Coast Indians now offers color illustrations for a new generation of readers along with reflections from contemporary Northwest Coast artists about the impact of this book. The masterworks of Northwest Coast Native artists are admired today as among the great achievements of the world�s artists. The painted and carved wooden screens, chests and boxes, rattles, crest hats, and other artworks display the complex and sophisticated northern Northwest Coast style of art that is the visual language used to illustrate inherited crests and tell family stories. In the 1950s Bill Holm, a graduate student of Dr. Erna Gunther, former Director of the Burke Museum, began a systematic study of northern Northwest Coast art. In 1965, after studying hundreds of bentwood boxes and chests, he published Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form. This book is a foundational reference on northern Northwest Coast Native art. Through his careful studies, Bill Holm described this visual language using new terminology that has become part of the established vocabulary that allows us to talk about works like these and understand changes in style both through time and between individual artists� styles. Holm examines how these pieces, although varied in origin, material, size, and purpose, are related to a surprising degree in the organization and form of their two-dimensional surface decoration. The author presents an incisive analysis of the use of color, line, and texture; the organization of space; and such typical forms as ovoids, eyelids, U forms, and hands and feet. The evidence upon which he bases his conclusions constitutes a repository of valuable information for all succeeding researchers in the field. Replaces ISBN 9780295951027

Book The Tribes of the Pacific Coast of North America

Download or read book The Tribes of the Pacific Coast of North America written by Alfred Louis Kroeber and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Northwest Coast Indians

Download or read book Northwest Coast Indians written by Liz Sonneborn and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title teaches readers about the first people to live in the Northwest Coast region of North America. It discusses their culture, customs, ways of life, interactions with other settlers, and their lives today.

Book The Chumash

    Book Details:
  • Author : Karen Bush Gibson
  • Publisher : Capstone
  • Release : 2003-08
  • ISBN : 9780736821797
  • Pages : 52 pages

Download or read book The Chumash written by Karen Bush Gibson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Chumash people, tracing their customs, family life, history, culture, and relations with the United States.

Book Cultures of the North Pacific Coast

Download or read book Cultures of the North Pacific Coast written by Philip Drucker and published by San Francisco : Chandler Publishing Company. This book was released on 1965 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropological study of tribal cultures on the Pacific Northwest coast. Published in 1965.

Book History of Indian Missions on the Pacific Coast

Download or read book History of Indian Missions on the Pacific Coast written by Myron Eells and published by Trieste Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. Our readers see the books the same way that their first readers did decades or a hundred or more years ago. Books from that period are often spoiled by imperfections that did not exist in the original. Imperfections could be in the form of blurred text, photographs, or missing pages. It is highly unlikely that this would occur with one of our books. Our extensive quality control ensures that the readers of Trieste Publishing's books will be delighted with their purchase. Our staff has thoroughly reviewed every page of all the books in the collection, repairing, or if necessary, rejecting titles that are not of the highest quality. This process ensures that the reader of one of Trieste Publishing's titles receives a volume that faithfully reproduces the original, and to the maximum degree possible, gives them the experience of owning the original work.We pride ourselves on not only creating a pathway to an extensive reservoir of books of the finest quality, but also providing value to every one of our readers. Generally, Trieste books are purchased singly - on demand, however they may also be purchased in bulk. Readers interested in bulk purchases are invited to contact us directly to enquire about our tailored bulk rates.

Book The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes  California  Pacific Northwest  Pacific Islands

Download or read book The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes California Pacific Northwest Pacific Islands written by Sharon Malinowski and published by Gale Research International, Limited. This book was released on 1998 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although there have been a number of recent reference titles on the history and culture of Native Americans, Gale's encyclopedia offers exceptional scope, clarity, and content. Covering almost 400 North American tribes, each essay contains information on both the historical and contemporary issues for the tribe. All entries begin with an introduction about the tribal roots, historic and current location, population data, and language family. This is followed by segments covering the history, religious beliefs, language, buildings, means of subsistence, clothing, healing practices, customs, oral literature, and current tribal issues. Several black-and-white illustrations and bibliographies for further research are included. A cumulative index of tribes, relevant nonnative peoples, historic dates and battles, treaties, legislation, associations, and religious groups adds value."--"Outstanding Reference Sources: the 1999 Selection of New Titles," American Libraries, May 1999. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.

Book Native Americans of the Northwest Coast

Download or read book Native Americans of the Northwest Coast written by Robert Steven Grumet and published by Bloomington : Published for the Newberry Library [by] Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrative discussing over 200 references.

Book Among the An Ko Me Nums Or Flathead Tribes of Indians of the Pacific Coast

Download or read book Among the An Ko Me Nums Or Flathead Tribes of Indians of the Pacific Coast written by Thomas Crosby and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A firsthand account of the author's experiences living among the An-ko-me-nums, a Native American tribe in the Pacific Northwest. Crosby shares insights into their customs, beliefs, and way of life, as well as his efforts to spread the Christian gospel among them. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Indians of the Northwest Coast

    Book Details:
  • Author : Philip Drucker
  • Publisher : Garden City, N.Y. : Published for the American Museum of Natural History [by] Natural History Press
  • Release : 1955
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book Indians of the Northwest Coast written by Philip Drucker and published by Garden City, N.Y. : Published for the American Museum of Natural History [by] Natural History Press. This book was released on 1955 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study of the Indians who lived from Yakutat Bay in Alaska to northern California, profuse illustrations and vivid narrative reconstruct a unique native culture of aboriginal America.