Isabel T. Kelly's Southern Paiute Ethnographic Field Notes, 1932-1934 /

"This publication presents the first volume (Las Vegas) of the early ethnographic field work of anthropologist Isabel T. Kelly. From 1932 to 1934, Kelly interviewed thirty Southern Paiute people from southeastern California, southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah about "the o...

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Main Author: Kelly, Isabel T. (Isabel Truesdell), 1906- (Author)
Other Authors: Fowler, Catharine S. (Editor), Garey-Sage, Darla L. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Paiute Indians > Social life and customs.
Paiute Indians.
Indians of North America.
Ethnology.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Paiute (Indiens)
Paiute (Indiens) > Culture materielle.
Paiute (Indiens) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Paiute Indians > Material culture.
Indians of North America > Nevada > Las Vegas Region.
Ethnology > Nevada > Las Vegas Region.
Nevada > Las Vegas Region.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / by Catherine S. Fowler
  • Territorial boundaries and neighbors
  • Camps, settlements, and other places
  • Subsistence: wild foods
  • Gardening
  • Material culture
  • Houses and other structures
  • Clothing and personal adornment
  • Social and political organization
  • Natural and supernatural worlds
  • Games and amusements
  • Medicines, pipes, and smoking
  • Music, songs, dances, and ceremonies
  • Trade, transportation, and travel
  • Sacred and historical traditions
  • Appendix: Place-names in Kelly's Las Vegas region.

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