Handbook of North American Indians / William C. Sturtevant, general editor

Object Details

Author

Sturtevant, William C

NMAICON copies 39088016086118 and 39088016086100 purchased from the NMAI Library Endowment.

NMAI copy 39088009807009 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift from the Collection of Louise M. Moody, Donated by Helen M. Dodson.

a NMAIREF copies v.5 39088009136862, v.10 39088009136805, and v.11 39088009136920 have bookplates: Gift of Eugene I. Knez, Curator - Asian Ethnology, Dept. of Anthropology 1959-1979.

ANTHREF copy v.13 pt.1 39088009582669 pt.2 39088009582677 has bookplates: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of William H. Crocker.

AAPG copy of v.14 39088016708265 purchased from the SAAM/NPG Library Endowment.

ANTHREF copies v.6 39088015980428, v.10 39088015980410 have bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Bequest of the library of William C. Sturtevant.

MSCREF copy 39088020383949 gift of Igor Krupnik.

Contents

v.1. Introduction -- v.2. Indians in contemporary society -- v.3. Environment, origins and population -- v.4. History of Indian-white relations -- v.5. Arctic -- v.6. Subarctic -- v.7. Northwest Coast -- v.8. California -- v.9 & 10. Southwest -- v.11. Great basin -- v.12. Plateau -- v.13. Plains -- v.14. Southeast -- v.15. Northeast -- v.16. Technology and visual arts -- v.17. Languages -- v.18 & 19. Biographical dictionary -- v.20. Index

Summary

Encyclopedic summary of prehistory, history, cultures and political and social aspects of native peoples in Siberia, Alaska, the Canadian Arctic and Greenland.

1978

1978-

Call number

E76.2 .H36X

Type

Books

Physical description

v. : illustrations ; 29 cm

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Eskimos

Record ID

siris_sil_176501

Metadata Usage (text)

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