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Indians of the North Pacific Coast

Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1966

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The writings of prominent anthropologists are collected in this volume, to provide a multi-faceted look at the native peoples of the North Pacific Coast, including the Tlingit, the Haida, the Bella Coola and the Salish.

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    Front Matter

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    Contents

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    Introduction

    vii
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  • An Introduction to the Area
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    The Indian Tribes of the North Pacific Coast

    1
    Franz Boas
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    Primary Forms of Material Culture: Living and Eating

    8
    John R. Jewitt
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    Boatmanship

    17
    Gilbert Malcolm Sproat
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    Nootka Whaling

    22
    Philip Drucker
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  • Social Organization
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    The Social Organization of the West Coast Tribes

    28
    Edward Sapir
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    Social Organization of the Haida

    49
    John R. Swanton
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    The Ancestral Family of the Bella Coola

    58
    T. F. Mcilwraith
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  • The Potlatch
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    The Potlatch

    72
    Franz Boas
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    The Nature of the Potlatch

    81
    H. G. Barnett
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    Fighting With Property

    92
    Helen Codere
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    Some Variations on the Potlatch

    102
    Philip Drucker
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    Black Market in Prerogatives Among the Northern Kwakiutl

    108
    Ronald L. Olson
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    Git-la’n Chief’s Potlatch

    112
    Viola Garfield
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    Daniel Cranmer’s Potlatch

    116
    Helen Codere
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    Lagius Gives Me a Copper

    119
    Clellan S. Ford
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  • Rank and Class: Viewpoints
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    Rank, Wealth, and Kinship in Northwest Coast Society

    134
    Philip Drucker
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    Kwakiutl Society: Rank Without Class

    147
    Helen Codere
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    Boas and the Neglect of Commoners

    159
    Verne F. Ray–Critique*
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    Private Knowledge, Morality, and Social Classes Among the Coast Salish

    168
    Wayne Suttles
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  • Ceremonialism
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    The Winter Ceremonial

    180
    Franz Boas
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    Charlie Nowell Recalls the Winter Ceremonies

    198
    Clellan S. Ford
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  • Deviance and Normality
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    Crime and Punishment in Tlingit Society

    209
    Kalervo Oberg
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    The Patterns of the Culture

    223
    Philip Drucker
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    The Amiable Side of Kwakiutl Life: The Potlatch and the Play Potlatch

    229
    Helen Codere
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    The Amiable Side of Patterns of Culture

    255
    Victor Barnouw
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    Appendix

    261
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    Suggestions for Further Reading

    267
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    Note on the Editor

    269
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    The Contributors

    270
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