The Lummi Indians of Northwest Washington / / Bernhard J. Stern.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Stern, Bernhard J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1934]; ©1934
• Year of Publication: 1934
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (140 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Introduction: The Lummi Indians --; Part I. The Cycle Of Life --; Chapter I. The Child Is Born --; Chapter II. The Boy Grows Up --; Chapter III. The Girl's Puberty Ceremony --; Chapter IV. Marriage --; Chapter V. The Household --; Chapter VI. When Death Comes --; Part II. Tribal Culture --; Chapter VII. Getting Food In Its Season --; Chapter VIII. Festivities --; Chapter IX. Social Distinctions --; Chapter X. Medicine Men --; Chapter XI. Magic --; Chapter XII. The Secret Society --; Chapter XIII. The Secret Society --; Chapter XIV. Conflict --; Part III. Legend And Lore --; In The Beginning --; In The Land Of The Dead --; Note I --; Note II
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231895323; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/ster93762
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bernhard J. Stern.

Follows the Lummi Indians from their villages in Puget Sound where they subsisted on food obtained from fishing, hunting and plant gathering to their life in Northwestern Washington. Also looks at how the various villages were united by close ties of marriage and descent rather than political control.