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Indian primitive  Cover Image Book Book

Indian primitive

Summary: Story of the Northwest coast Indian tribes of the U.S., Canada and Alaska, as they lived before the white man came.

Record details

  • Physical Description: print
    175 pages : (chiefly illustrations) ; 28 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Bonanza Books, ©1960.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Fraser River North -- Coast Salish "Not by bread alone" -- Kwakiutl : -- By spear and arrow -- When the chief took a wife -- Dance to bring back moon -- Haida: -- South for plunder -- Sticks and bones -- Haida weapons showed carving skill -- Bella Coola : The Canoe was war and peace -- Tsimshian : -- Columns and crest poles -- Eulachon supplied nourishing oil [oolichan, hooligan, ooligan] -- Tlingit: "Jek man comes" -- Fraser River South -- Notka : Homage to Quahootze -- Makah : -- Whaling was life itself -- Clothing comes from trees -- Coast Salish Tribes of Puget Sound -- Chinook : Slaves were trade goods -- Columbia River and Coast Tribes : -- The Chief gives a potlatch [potlaches] -- And the canoe was a tomb -- Klamath River Tribes : -- The ritual dances -- The Karok half-marriage.
Subject: Indians of North America Northwest Coast of North America
Indians of North America Pictorial works

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 78 .N78 A53 1960 2242471 Stacks Reshelving -
Lummi Library E 78 .N78 A53 1960 250695 Stacks Reshelving -
Lummi Library PNW E 78 .N78 A53 1960 258078 PNW Reshelving -

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