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The North Alaskan Eskimo : a study in ecology and society / Robert F. Spencer.
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- ISBN: 0486233693 :
- ISBN: 9780486233697
- Physical Description: vi, 490 p., [9] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Dover Publications, 1976.
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- General Note:
- Reprint of the 1959 ed. published by Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, which was issued as no. 171 of the Bulletin of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-461) and index.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 99 .I59 E15 S64 1976 | 283933 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |
| Introduction. The problem -- The land and the people. The land -- North Alaskan Eskimo settlements -- Human relation to the biota. Flora -- Fauna -- Summary -- Language -- Houses and settlements. Houses of the Nuunamiut -- Houses of the Tareumiut -- Family and kinship. Introduction -- The nuclear family -- The extended family -- Kinship terminology. Lineal and nuclear consanguines -- Consanguineal kin : collaterals -- Affinal kin -- Step- and adoptive relationships -- Combined kin terms -- Factors in the system -- Collective responsibility -- Marriage -- Divorce -- Wife lending and wife exchange -- Qatanuutigiit -- Adoption -- Abandonment -- Conclusion -- Customary law -- Economy and society. Introduction -- Human ecology of the Alaskan Arctic Slope. Nuunamiut and Tareumiut -- The Nuunamiut -- The Tareumiut -- Summary: Nuunamiut vs. Tareumiut -- Property, wealth, and status. Ownership -- Wealth -- Competition and cooperation -- Voluntary associations. Partnerships -- Joking partnerships -- Womenâs partnerships -- The hunting group and the umealiq -- The karigi -- Trade. Open trade -- Structured trade -- The Messenger Feast (Kimnic). Conclusion -- The individual and the life cycle. Introduction -- Pregnancy -- Birth -- Infancy -- Childhood -- Puberty -- Sexual behavior -- Marital behavior -- Old age -- Death -- Conclusion -- The supernatural. Introduction -- Cosmic view -- Dwarfs, mermen, monsters, and other supernatural beings -- Relation to animals. Land animals -- Sea animals -- Songs -- Charms and amulets -- Names -- Ghosts and souls -- Dreams and portents -- Masks -- Summary -- The wiivaksat : strangers in the sky -- Shamanism. Examples of shamanistic behavior -- The treatment of disease -- The cults. The cult of the whale. Whaling charms and songs -- Taking the whale -- Greeting the whale -- Close of the whaling season -- Nalukataq -- The cult of the caribou -- Culture change. Sources of money (1888-1948) -- Seasonal activities -- Food -- Meals -- Family and budgets -- Summary of modern economic life -- Christianity -- Folklore. The folktales -- Texts -- Childrenâs stories -- Conclusions. Ecology and society in North Alaska -- The place of North Alaska in Eskimo culture -- North Alaska and Eskimo culture history -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1. Tobacco -- Appendix 2. Dogs -- Appendix 3. Pottery -- Appendix 4. Time reckoning; enumeration. |