Pregnancy, delivery, miscarriages, twins, freaks, fertility and sterility, and menstruation among the aboriginal inhabitants of the island of Sakhalin (Nivhgu, Ainu and Oroks)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface IX
3. The way of Bronislaw Płisudski XI
4. Contents XV
5. Introduction 1
6. List of ICRAP contributors 8
7. Acknowledgements 12
8. Researcher and friend of Sakhali3n natives The scholarly profile of Bronisław Piłsudski 15
9. Bibliography of biographical material concerning B. Piłsudski 37
10. Bibliography of works by Broniłtaw Piłsudski 53
11. Selected bibliography of works on peoples investigated by Bronisław Piłsudski and on related problems 70
12. Wants and needs of the Sakhalin Nivhgu 105
13. Poetry and songs of the Nivhgu 143
14. Information on B. O. Piłsudski 185
15. B. O. Piłsudski's report on his expedition to the Ainu and Oroks of the island of Sakhalin in the years 1903-1905 192
16. The aborigines of Sakhalin 222
17. The Ainu 236
18. An outline of the economic life of the Ainu on the island of Sakhalin 271
19. A draft of rules for the establishment of authority over the Sakhalin Ainu 296
20. Selected information on individual Ainu settlements on the island of Sakhalin 311
21. Statistical data on Sakhalin Ainu for the year 1904 331
22. Leprosy among Nivhgu and Ainu 346
23. Pregnancy, delivery, miscarriages, twins, freaks, fertility and sterility, and menstruation among the aboriginal inhabitants of the island of Sakhalin (Nivhgu, Ainu and Oroks) 362
24. Shamanism among the aborigines of Sakhalin311 391
25. On the bear festival of the Ainu on the island of Sakhalin 438
26. Les signes de propriété des Aïno 562
27. Materials for the study of the language and folklore of the Ainu 597
28. Ainu folk-lore 599
29. List of objects sent to the Vladivostok Museum of the Society for the Study of the Amur Region on the S/S "Mandzhur" 613
30. From the report on the expedition to the Oroks in 1904 618
31. Appendices 681
32. Notes 691
33. List of illustrations 728
34. Indices 731