Handbook of the Indians of California, with 419 Illustrations and 40 Maps (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. 78)

Includes maps of California on both the inside front cover and the inside back cover. This Book Is A History In That It Tries To Reconstruct And Present The Scheme Within Which These People In Ancient And More Recent Times Lived Their Present Lives ... I Have Constituted The Bulk Of The Book A Series Of Tribal Descriptions.--preface. The Yurok: Land And Civilization -- The Yurok: Law And Custom -- The Yurok: Religion -- The Yurok: Arts -- The Karok -- The Chimariko And Wiyot -- Athabascans: The Tolowa -- Athabascans: The Hupa, Chilula, And Whilkut -- Athabascans: Southern Groups -- The Yuki: Ethnic Geography -- The Yuki: Culture -- The Yuki: Religion -- The Huchnom And Coast Yuki -- The Wappo -- The Pomo: Geography And Politics -- The Pomo: Civilization -- The Pomo: Religion -- The Coast And Lake Miwok -- The Shastan Group -- The Shasta -- The Achomawi And Atsugewi -- The Modoc -- The Yana And Yahi -- The Penutian Family -- The Wintum: Geograpjhy And Culture -- The Wintum: Kuksu Cult -- The Maidu: Land And Society -- The Maidu: Arts And Implements -- The Maidu: Religion And Knowledge -- The Miwok -- The Costanoans -- The Yokuts: Geography - The Yokuts: Social Institutions -- The Yokuts: Cults -- The Yokuts: The Concrete Basis Of Life -- The Esselen And Salinans -- The Chumash -- The Washo -- The Shoshonean Stock -- The Paiute, Mono, And Koso-- The Chemehuevi -- The Kawaiisu And Tübatulabal -- Serrano Divisions -- The Gabrielino -- The Juaneño -- The Luiseño: The Elements Of Civilization -- The Luiseño: Organization Of Civilization -- The Cupeño And Cahuilla -- The Diegueño And Kamia -- The Mohave: Concrete Life -- The Mohave: Dream Life -- The Yuma -- Other Yuman Tribes -- Arts Of Life -- Society -- Religion And Knowledge -- Population -- Place Names -- Culture Provinces -- Prehistory -- Appendix: Pronunciation Of Native Words. A.l. Kroeber. Reprint Of The 1925 Ed. Published By Govt. Print. Off., Washington, Which Was Issued As No. 78 Of The Bulletin Of The Bureau Of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 943-966. 1. The Yurok: land and civilization 2. The Yurok: law and custom 3. The Yurok: religion 4. The Yurok: arts 5. The Karok 6. The Chimariko and Wiyot 7. Athabascans: the Tolowa 8. Athabascans: the Hupa, Chilula, and Whilkut 9. Athabascans: southern groups 10. The Yuki: ethnic geography 11. The Yuki: culture 12. The Yuki: religion 13. The Huchnom and Coast Yuki 14. The Wappo 15. The Pomo: geography and politics 16. The Pomo: civilization 17. The Pomo: religion 18. The Coast and Lake Miwok 19. The Shastan group 20. The Shasta 21. The Achomawi and Atsugewi 22. The Modoc 23. The Yana and Yahi 24. The Penutian Family 25. The Wintun: geography and culture 26. The Wintun: Kuksu cult 27. The Maidu: land and society 28. The Maidu: arts and implements 29. The Maidu: religion and knowledge 30. The Miwok 31. The Costanoans 32. The Yokuts: geography 33. The Yokuts: social institutions 34. The Yokuts: cults 35. The Yokuts: the concrete basis of life 36. The Esselen and Salinans 37. The Chumash 38. The Washo 39. The Shoshonean stock 40. The Paiute, Mono, and Koso 41. The Chemehuevi 42. The Kawaiisu and Tubatulabal 43. Serrano divisions 44. The Gabrielino 45. The Juaneno 46. The Luiseno: elements of civilization 47. The Luiseno: organization of civilization 48. The Cupeno and Cahuilla 49. The Diegueno and Kamia 50. The Mohave: concrete life 51. The Mohave: dream life 52. The Yuma 53. Other Yuman tribes 54. Arts of life 55. Society 56. Religion and knowledge 57. Population 58. Place names 59. Culture provinces 60. Prehistory Appendix: Pronunciation of native words Bibliography Classification of titles by subject Classified subject index General index The Indians of California, in their ethnographic present, offered the widest cultural range to be found in any area of the United States. In the north they approximated the cultures of the Northwest Coast; in the center they developed distinctive, elaborate cultures based on local food supplies; and in the south and east they approximated the more primitive desert groups all in all showing a host of adaptations within a relatively small geographical area. In addition, despite successive decimations by missionaries, colonial administrations, settlers, and exploiters, enough Indians survived (though sometimes only a couple of each group) to make their study possible. For these reasons they have long been an important topic in anthropological circles. Far and away the most important work ever prepared about this complex situation was the monumental Handbook of the Indians of California by Kroeber. Based on more than 15 years of exhaustive research by Kroeber, it is a summation of just about everything of importance known about these Indians. Kroeber covered demographic situations, linguistic relations (which are also extraordinarily complex), social structures, folkways, religion, material culture, and whatever else was needed to offer a full picture of each tribe. The resulting book is a survey of each group, the typologically more important groups like the Yurok, Pomo, Maidu, Yokuts, and Mohave naturally receiving the most detail. Indispensable for every student of the American Indian, it can be read with great profit by both specialists and lay readers.