This Land was Theirs: A Study of the North American IndianContains chapters on the Chipewyan, the Caribou and Kuskowagamiut Eskimos and the Tlingit. |
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Page 139
... female relative . Delivery was in a squatting position , and downward pressure was applied to a woman's abdo- men if the process was delayed . The birth of a female offspring was not a particularly joyous occasion , except for the woman ...
... female relative . Delivery was in a squatting position , and downward pressure was applied to a woman's abdo- men if the process was delayed . The birth of a female offspring was not a particularly joyous occasion , except for the woman ...
Page 326
... female shaman was asked to cure a patient , negotiations were made by the relatives of the sick person and the amount of payment settled before the cure was attempted . A female curer's equipment consisted of a pipe , two strings of ...
... female shaman was asked to cure a patient , negotiations were made by the relatives of the sick person and the amount of payment settled before the cure was attempted . A female curer's equipment consisted of a pipe , two strings of ...
Page 425
... female relative , his mother or sister , arrived to wash the head of the neonate and to direct the activities of the next twenty days , which culminated in a naming ceremony and a feast . It was the father's close female relatives with ...
... female relative , his mother or sister , arrived to wash the head of the neonate and to direct the activities of the next twenty days , which culminated in a naming ceremony and a feast . It was the father's close female relatives with ...
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aboriginal Alaska allotments American Indian Angoon animals anthropologists baskets became bison boys brother Cahuilla camp canoe Caribou Eskimos ceremonial chief Chipewyan clothing council culture dance death deceased deerskin dwelling early Eastern Cherokee Eskimo Point ethnographic father Federal female fish French girl hair Handsome Lake held historic Hopi household Hudson's Bay Company hunters hunting important included Indian Affairs individual Iroquois katcinas killed kiva Kuskokwim Lake land leader lived longhouse maize male marriage meat missionaries Mohawk moiety mother Napaskiak Natchez National North Oraibi organized Palm Springs Pawnee persons peyote plant poles potlatch raids relatives reservation ritual River Russian sachems salmon Sauk settlement shaman sister Skidi skin social society spirit stone supernatural tion Tlingit trade trapping treaty tribal tribes United usually village warriors winter woman women wooden wore Yurok