Description
"[Tribes of California] is one of the most remarkable documents ever printed by any government."
-Alfred L. Krober, Handbook of the Indians of California (1925)
The Tribes of California (1877) by Stephen Powers is the third volume of a nine-part series entitled Contributions to North American Ethnology (all available from Cosimo Classics). It is a collection of reports that the author recorded while traveling the state on foot and horseback. The reports are divided into four sections entitled "Early Years," "California Native Americans," "Tribes of California," and "Legacy." In them, he discusses all aspects of the indigenous peoples' lives-their spiritual beliefs and practices, their languages and stories, their arts, and their medicines. First published in the Overland Monthly journal, they were eventually brought together in this collection by the US Geological Survey in 1877. This book offers a critical contribution to the history of Native Americans and is a must-read for anthropologists and students of Native American history.
Author: Stephen Powers
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Published: 01/02/1877
Pages: 734
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.02lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.61d
ISBN13: 9781646796328
ISBN10: 1646796322
BISAC Categories:
- History | Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies