TY - BOOK AU - Stern,Bernhard J. TI - The Lummi Indians of Northwest Washington SN - 9780231937627 AV - E99.L95 S8 U1 - 970.3 PY - 1934///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - Lummi Indians KW - Folklore KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/ster93762 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231895323 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780231895323.jpg ER -