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The Lummi Indians of Northwest Washington / Bernhard J. Stern.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1934]Copyright date: ©1934Description: 1 online resource (140 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231937627
  • 9780231895323
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 970.3
LOC classification:
  • E99.L95 S8
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: The Lummi Indians -- Part I. The Cycle Of Life -- Chapter I. The Child Is Born -- Chapter II. The Boy Grows Up -- Chapter III. The Girl's Puberty Ceremony -- Chapter IV. Marriage -- Chapter V. The Household -- Chapter VI. When Death Comes -- Part II. Tribal Culture -- Chapter VII. Getting Food In Its Season -- Chapter VIII. Festivities -- Chapter IX. Social Distinctions -- Chapter X. Medicine Men -- Chapter XI. Magic -- Chapter XII. The Secret Society -- Chapter XIII. The Secret Society -- Chapter XIV. Conflict -- Part III. Legend And Lore -- In The Beginning -- In The Land Of The Dead -- Note I -- Note II
Summary: Follows the Lummi Indians from their villages in Puget Sound where they subsisted on food obtained from fishing, hunting and plant gathering to their life in Northwestern Washington. Also looks at how the various villages were united by close ties of marriage and descent rather than political control.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231895323

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: The Lummi Indians -- Part I. The Cycle Of Life -- Chapter I. The Child Is Born -- Chapter II. The Boy Grows Up -- Chapter III. The Girl's Puberty Ceremony -- Chapter IV. Marriage -- Chapter V. The Household -- Chapter VI. When Death Comes -- Part II. Tribal Culture -- Chapter VII. Getting Food In Its Season -- Chapter VIII. Festivities -- Chapter IX. Social Distinctions -- Chapter X. Medicine Men -- Chapter XI. Magic -- Chapter XII. The Secret Society -- Chapter XIII. The Secret Society -- Chapter XIV. Conflict -- Part III. Legend And Lore -- In The Beginning -- In The Land Of The Dead -- Note I -- Note II

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Follows the Lummi Indians from their villages in Puget Sound where they subsisted on food obtained from fishing, hunting and plant gathering to their life in Northwestern Washington. Also looks at how the various villages were united by close ties of marriage and descent rather than political control.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)