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This Land was Theirs
Contains chapters on the Chipewyan, the Caribou and Kuskowagamiut Eskimos and the Tlingit.
Eskimos and Explorers
Corrects misconceptions about Eskimo life, analyzes early accounts by European explorers, and evaluates the impact these explorers had on Eskimo culture
This Land Was Theirs
This Land Was Theirs is survey of traditional and contemporary ways of life of 12 tribes that represent the major culture areas and level of socioeconomic complexity among North American Indians.
This Land was Theirs
This sixth edition examines both the traditional and contemporary lifeways of 12 North American Indian tribes, groups which represent major culture areas and levels of socioeconomic complexity.
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Habitat and Technology
Includes Nabesna, Caribou Eskimos, and Angmagsalik Ekimos.
Bashful No Longer
Traditionally the Kuskokwim Eskimos of southwestern Alaska valued restraint, modesty, and deference--traits for which they adopted the English word bashful. However, since their first encounter with Western culture two hundred years have passed, and people are no longer willing to defer to Westerners. Bashful No Longer, based on Russian-American Company records, writings of traders, missionaries, and explorers, newspaper accounts, and fieldwork conducted by the author, documents and describes culture change among the Kuskokwim Eskimos as first the Russians and then the Americans settled among them. Fur traders and missionaries were the exclusive agents of change during the years of early his...
This Land was Theirs
This Land Was Theirs examines the traditional and contemporary lifeways of twelve North American Indian tribes. Ranging from the Netsilik hunters who straddle the Arctic Circle to the Natchez farmers of the lower Mississippi River area, the tribes represent each culture area and various levels of socioeconomic complexity among Native Americans. Each chapter focuses on a specific group and culture area, providing students with a detailed portrait of the geographical and cultural adaptations of that region. As he has done for previous editions, author Wendell H. Oswalt has visited virtually all of the extant groups discussed in the text to ensure an accurate and complete picture of the contemp...
How Many People Traveled the Oregon Trail?
Answers questions regarding the Oregon Trail and the circumstances surrounding it.
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