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The Tlingit Indians / George Thornton Emmons ; edited with additions by Frederica de Laguna and a biography by Jean Low.
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Emmons, George Thornton
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English
Published/Created
Seattle : University of Washington Press ; New York : American Museum of Natural History, ©1991.
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xl, 488 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
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E99.T6 E46 1991
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Tlingit Indians
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Social life and customs
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Indigenous peoples of North America
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Alaska
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Social life and customs
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Alaska
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Social life and customs
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Emmons, George Thornton
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Indigenous Studies
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De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Biographies
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Series
Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 70.
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Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 70
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Summary note
This comprehensive study of the Tlingit Indians of southern Alaska and the coast of British Columbia is an edited version of manuscripts by the ethnographer G.T. Emmons compiled in the 1880s and 1890s. Extensive bibliography and illustrations.
Notes
Maps on lining papers.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE: People; Physical features of Tlingit territory, Climate, Flora and fauna, The Tlingit name, Origin of the Tlingit, Physical Appearance, Health and Disease, Population Character 2. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION: Tlingit Tribes, Phratry or Moiety, Clan, House and Household, Kinship, Crests, Display of the Crest, Painting of the Face, Names, Social Classes, Chiefs, Authority of Chiefs, Slaves, Law, Trade. 3. VILLAGES, HOUSES, FORTS, AND OTHER WORKS: Villages, Houses, Domestic Life, , Other Houses and Shelters, Forts, Petroglyphs, Stone cairns. 4. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION: Canoes, manufacture and repair of canoes, Appurtenances of the canoe, Handling of the canoe, Snowshoes, Bags, Packs, Boxes, Sleds.
8. ARTS AND INDUSTRIES: WOMEN'S WORK: Skin Dressing, Sinew and Intestines, Basketry. Spruce Root Hats, basketry designs, Spruce root mats, Cedar bark weaving, The Chilkat blanket. 9. DRESS AND DECORATION: Personal Cleanliness. Clothing. Hair Dressing. Ear and Nose ornaments. Labrets. Bracelets and necklaces. Face painting. Tattooing. 10. THE LIFE CYCLE: Birth. Infancy and Childhood. Naming. Girl's Puberty. Marriage. Death. Cremation. Ceremonies after the Funeral. Shaman's Graves. Various other Forms of Disposal of the Dead. Recent Graveyards. Inheritance of Property. Afterlife. Spirits, Souls, Reincarnation. 11. CEREMONIES: Music and Dance, Tlingit Ceremonialism in the Eighteenth and early Nineteenth Centuries; Housing-building Ceremonies, Dedication of the House and Raising a Totem Pole, Dick Sa-tan's Potlatch, 1891. A Major Potlatch; Ceremony for the Children; The Berry Potlatch Dance.
ISBN
0295970081
9780295970080
LCCN
90046274
OCLC
23463915
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