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The North Alaskan Eskimo; a study in ecology and society.

Title: The North Alaskan Eskimo; a study in ecology and society.
Author: Spencer, Robert F.
Publication: Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1959.

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vi, 490 p. illus., maps. (part fold.); 24 cm.

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Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology ; 171

Uniform Title

Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology) 171.

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Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 455-461.

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Contents

The land and the people -- Language -- Houses and settlements -- Family and kinship -- Customary law -- Economy and society -- Property, wealth, and status -- Competition and cooperation -- Voluntary associations -- Trade -- The Messenger Feast (kimnic)-- The individual and the life cycle -- The supernatural -- Shamanism -- The cults -- Culture change -- Folklore -- Appendices. Tobacco ; Dogs ; Pottery ; Time reckoning, enumeration.

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^^^59061386^

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1025161
SCSB-10352165

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Harvard Library