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• Physical Description: 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.

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Indians of North America > Southwest, New.