Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.