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The changing culture of an Indian tribe. With a new introd. by the author.

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  • Physical Description: xxiii, 313 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Capricorn Books, [1966, ©1965]

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Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword / by Clark Wissler -- Introduction: The study of culture contact. Method of this study -- pt. 1. General background. Retrospective sketch -- Description of the reservation -- The economic situation -- Political life -- Social organization -- Religious institutions and attitudes -- The educational situation -- pt. 2. The Indian woman: her place in this changing culture. The degree to which woman participates in the culture -- The organization of the household -- Maladjustment as an index of conflict -- pt. 3. Tabular and diagrammatic treatment of raw materials. Household organization -- Marital situation -- Case studies of twenty-five delinquent girls and women -- Supporting data for earlier statements -- Notes on the possibility of studying the mixed-blood situation -- Sample conversations.
Subject:
Acculturation > Great Plains.
Indians of North America > Great Plains > Social conditions.
Indian women > North America.
Acculturation.
Indian women.
Indians of North America > Social conditions.
Great Plains.
North America.

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Lummi Library E 99 .O4 M43 1966 679813 Stacks Available -