The Bella Coola Indians /

The Bella Coola Indians / / T. McIlwraith.

The classic ethnographic study of the Bella Coola (Nuxalk) Indians of British Columbia, originally published in 1948 and long out of print, is now available again. It is both a comprehensive guide to Nuxalk culture and a central document in the study of ethnographic methods.Between 1922 and 1924, T....

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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McIlwraith, T.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1992
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1435 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PREFACE
  • LIST OF PLATES
  • PHONETIC KEY
  • MAP
  • CHAPTER I. LOCATION AND ENVIRONMENT
  • CHAPTER II. RELIGION
  • CHAPTER III. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
  • CHAPTER IV. RANK
  • CHAPTER V. FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE POTLATCH
  • CHAPTER VI. ORIGIN MYTHS
  • CHAPTER VII. BIRTH, ADOLESCENCE, MARRIAGE
  • CHAPTER VIII. DEATH
  • CHAPTER IX. RELATIONS WITH THE SUPERNATURAL
  • CHAPTER X. STORIES ILLUSTRATING THE SUPERNATURAL
  • CHAPTER XI. MEDICINE, MAGIC, TABOO
  • Frontmatter 2
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF PLATES
  • PHONETIC KEY
  • CHAPTER I. WINTER CEREMONIAL DANCES
  • CHAPTER II. SONGS
  • CHAPTER III. WARFARE
  • CHAPTER IV. GAMES
  • CHAPTER V. STORIES
  • CHAPTER VI. THE MAN HIMSELF
  • APPENDICES
  • INDEX

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