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The Cahuilla
Examines the culture, history, and changing fortunes of the Cahuilla Indians.
Mukat's People
From the Introduction by Lowell J. Bean:An apparent dichotomy exists in scientific circles concerning the role of religion and belief systems and a similar dichotomy exists among anthropological theorists. Two assumptions seem to prevail: ritual and world view are more ecologically nonadaptive than adaptive; or ritual and world view are more ecologically adaptive than they are nonadaptive. To examine the relevancy of the opposing theoretical views I will develop hypotheses concerning a particular culture, the Cahuilla Indians of Southern California, which will be used as a test case. I will present two sets of hypotheses which logically follow from each of the assumptions. From the first ass...
California Indian Shamanism
Articles from ethnographers, a linguist, and Native Americans, all addressed to the topic of Native California shamanism in traditional times and in the present. A feast for the scholar or layman interested in the cross-cultural study of religion; in California Indians; or in the beginnings of art, music, and literature. Ken Hedges of the San Diego Museum of Man, for example, discusses the shamanistic aspects of California’s remarkable rock art; Craig Bates of the museum on Yosemite National Park writes of Sierra Miwok shamans in the 20th century; Dorothea Theodoratus and Wintu scholar and artist Frank LaPena present examples of shamanic art and poetry as it persists to the present day; Floyd Buckskin, an Ajumawi, discusses the conflict between New Age shamanism and traditional shamanism; and Jack Norton, a Hupa, discusses the shamanic tradition in northwestern California as it appears to a Native Californian. Seven of the papers presented at the 1990 Conference on Shamanism at California State University, Hayward.
Mukat's Last Gift
"Death is a universal experience that every culture must explain and deal with, and associated rituals are often the central focus of a society's religious life. In this absorbing study, anthropologist Lowell J. Bean draws upon fifty years of personal research and over a century of observations by others to present a detailed account of the many ways in which the creation story of the Cahuilla Indians of Southern California - in concert with the complex ceremonies surrounding death and the journey of the soul to the afterlife - explained, validated, and was interwoven into the entire life of a community coping with an occasionally harsh and unpredictable environment."--Provided by publisher.
The Cahuilla Indians of Southern California
Malki Museum -- History of the Cahuilla Indians and Morongo reservation -- Cahuilla social organization -- Cahuilla culture and artistic expression --Pottery -- Baskets -- Cahuilla architecture d-- Trade and commerce -- Cahuilla weapons -- Cahuilla clothing -- Games and music -- Interesting Cahuilla facts.
Temalpakh (from the Earth)
Copy 1 is typescript with corrections; copy 2 is Bean's ms. with ms. notes and corrections, 318 leaves.
