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Handbook of North American Indians. Volume 10. Southwest  Cover Image Book Book

Handbook of North American Indians. Volume 10 Southwest

Sturtevant, William C. (Added Author). Ortiz, Alfonso, 1939-1997 (Added Author). Smithsonian Institution (Added Author).

Summary: Volume covers the cultures, histories, and languages of the non-pueblo, or Circum-Pueblo, people of the Southwest and those on the northern fringe of Mesoamerica.

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  • Physical Description: print
    xvi, 868 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution, 1983.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 780-839) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Yumans: introduction -- Yuman languages -- Havasupai -- Walapai -- Yavapai -- Mohave -- Maricopa -- Quechan -- Cocopa -- Uto-Aztecan languages -- Pima and Papago: introduction -- History of the Papago -- History of the Pima -- Pima and Papago ecological adaptations -- Pima and Papago social organization -- Pima and Papago medicine and philosophy -- Papago semantics -- Contemporary Pima -- Lower Pima -- Seri -- Yaqui -- Mayo -- Tarahumara -- Tarahumara social organization, political organization, and religion -- Northern Tepehuan -- Southern periphery: west -- Southern periphery: east -- Coahuiltecans and their neighbors -- Krankawa -- The Apachean culture pattern and its origins -- Apachean languages -- Chiricahua Apache -- Mescalero Apache -- Jicarilla Apache -- Western Apache -- Navajo prehistory and history to 1850 -- Navaho views of their origin -- Navajo history, 1850-1923 -- Navajo social organization -- Navajo ceremonial system -- Peyote religion among the Navajo -- Language and reality in the Navajo world view -- A taxonomic view of the traditional Navajo universe -- Navajo arts and crafts -- Navajo music -- Development of Navajo tribal government -- The emerging Navajo Nation -- Navajo economic development -- Navajo education -- Navajo health services and projects -- The Navajo Nation today -- Comparative traditional economics and ecological adaptations -- Inter-Indian exchange in the Southwest -- Comparative social organizations -- Southwestern ceremonialism -- Kachinas and Masking.
Subject: Indians of North America Southwest, New

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 77 .H36 1983 V. 10 258172 Stacks Reshelving -
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