The Structure of Twana Culture (Wsu Press Reprint Series) Unabridged Version edition

THE STRUCTURE OF TWANA CULTURE WITH COMPARATIVE NOTES ON THE STRUCTURE OF YUROK CULTURE: PRE-WHITE TRIBAL LIFEWAYS ON WASHINGTON'S (STATE) HOOD CANAL.

FROM THE BACK COVER: "THIS REMARKABLE ETHNOGRAPHIC ACCOUNT SYSTEMATICALLY DESCRIBES THE LIFEWAYS OF THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE WHOSE VILLAGES LINED THE BROAD, FORESTED SHORES OF HOOD CANAL ON THE EAST SIDE OF WASHINGTON'S OLYMPIC PENINSULA. A WSU PRESS CLASSIC, IT HAS LONG BEEN OF SPECIAL USE TO SCHOLARS AND GENERAL READERS ALIKE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE PRE-WHITE AND PRE-RESERVATION LIFE OF TRIBAL PEOPLES.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1960, WILLIAM W. ELMENDORF'S WELL-WRITTEN STUDY IS REISSUED HERE IN THE WSU PRESS REPRINT SERIES. THIS EDITION INCLUDES A NEW FOREWORD, BUT OTHERWISE THE ORIGINAL TEXT REMAINS UNABRIDGED AND UNALTERED. ALSO RETAINED ARE A. L. KROEBER'S EXTENSIVE NOTES ON THE YUROK INDIANS OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. THESE NOTES COMPARE ASPECTS OF YUROK CULTURE TO THAT OF THE TWANA, PROVIDING AN INFORMATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON THE SIMILARITIES AND VARIANCES OF CULTURES WITHIN THE SOUTHERN NORTHWEST COAST AREA."

INCLUDES: TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. THE TWANA COUNTRY 3. SUBSISTENCE 4. TECHNIQUES AND PASTIMES 5. NATURE OF LOCAL GROUPS 6. LAND USE, OWNERSHIP, BOUNDARIES 7. POPULATION SHIFTS AND CULTURE CONTACT 8. RELATIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLES 9. SOCIAL STRUCTURE 10. KIN-GROUP FUNCTIONS IN LIFE CRISES 11. WAR AND INTERGROUP HOSTILITY 12. RELIGION 13. CEREMONIAL COMPEXES 14. SUMMARY BIBLIOGRAPHY MAPS FIGURES TABLES