Author: Betty War BrusaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Salinan Indians of California and Their Neighbors
Author: Betty War BrusaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Salinan Indians of California and Their Neighbors
Author: Betty War BrusaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
The Pomo Indians of California and Their Neighbors
Author: Vinson BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The story of a group of tribelets speaking several languages and dialects.
The Wintun Indians of California and Their Neighbors
Author: Peter M. KnudtsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Provides the reader with an accurate mental picture of Wintun tribal culture as it existed in prewhite times and during gold rush days.
The Shasta Indians of California and Their Neighbors
Author: Elizabeth RenfroPublisher:
ISBN: 9780976832164
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book tells the history of the four Shastan tribes' of northern California contact with white civilization and what has been learned about their original culture, including community life, subsustance activities, crafts, shamanism, ceremonies and customs.
The A to Z of Early North America
Author: Cameron B. WessonPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810863391
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Those unfamiliar with the prehistory of North America have a general perception of the cultures of the continent that includes Native Americans living in tipis, wearing feathered headdresses and buckskin clothing, and following migratory bison herds on the Great Plains. Although these practices were part of some Native American societies, they do not adequately represent the diversity of cultural practices by the overwhelming majority of Native American peoples. Media misrepresentations shaped by television and movies along with a focus on select regions and periods in the history of the United States have produced an extremely distorted view of the indigenous inhabitants of the continent and their cultures. The indigenous populations of North America created impressive societies, engaged in trade, and had varied economic, social, and religious cultures. Over the past century, archaeological and ethnological research throughout all regions of North America has revealed much about the indigenous peoples of the continent. This book examines the long and complex history of human occupation in North America, covering its distinct culture as well as areas of the Arctic, California, Eastern Woodlands, Great Basin, Great Plains, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Southwest, and Subarctic. Complete with maps, a chronology that spans the history from 11,000 B.C. to A.D. 1850, an introductory essay, more than 700 dictionary entries, and a comprehensive bibliography, this reference is a valuable tool for scholars and students. An appendix of museums that have North American collections and a listing of archaeological sites that allow tours by the public also make this an accessible guide to the interested lay reader and high school student.
Tribes of California
Author: Stephen PowersPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520031725
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
This classic of American Indian ethnography, originally published in 1877, is again available in its complete form. In the summers of 1871 and 1872 Powers visited Indian groups in the northern two-thirds of California. A journalist by profession, he was untrained in ethnography, but was nonetheless an astonishingly intelligent observer who had a gift for writing in a spirited manner. He reported faithfully what he heard and portrayed accurately what he saw among the native survivors of Gold Rush days in a series of seventeen articles published mostly in The Overland Monthly. These were partly unwritten, added to, and reorganized by Powers to be published in 1877 as a report of the U.S. Geographical Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region. Powers’ book is still basic and is referred to by everyone who deals with native cultures. The 1877 edition was not large, and Tribes of California is at last reprinted in response to growing demand for this rare volume. For this edition all of the original illustrations have been retained and the basic text printed in facsimile. Professor Robert F. Heizer has provided annotations throughout and an introduction to indicate contemporary thought about the volume.
Handbook of the Indians of California
Author: Alfred Louis KroeberPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486233685
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
A major ethnographic work by a distinguished anthropologist contains detailed information on the social structures, homes, foods, crafts, religious beliefs, and folkways of California's diverse tribes
The Ethnology of the Salinan Indians
Author: John Alden MasonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Salinan Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Native Americans of California and Nevada
Author: Jack D. ForbesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This book was written as an introduction to the evoltuion of Natie American peoples in California and Nevada with emphasis on the historical and cultural experiences which have contributed to present day conditions of native communities. It also provides an introduction to the basic concept of Indian studies curricula.