The two worlds of the Washo
Subtitle: an Indian tribe of California and Nevada
By: by James F. Downs.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1966
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 113
Subjects: Washo Indians.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: The two worlds of the Washo -- The Washo. Physical description -- The language -- The land -- Using the land. The fishing year -- Fishing technology, society, and culture -- The gathering year -- Plants and the pattern of Washo life -- The big time -- Girl’s dance -- The technology of the piñon -- The hunting year -- Rabbit -- Deer -- Antelope -- Sheep and bear -- Birds -- Other animals -- Insects and reptiles -- The culture of hunting -- Trade -- Summary -- Society and culture. The family -- Birth --  The bunch -- Kinship -- Regional groups or “Moieties” -- The tribe -- Peaceful relations -- Spirits, power, and man. Power -- Ghosts -- Creation -- Other figures -- Summary -- California, the Washo, and the great basin -- The white man and new alternatives. Before the first -- Before the rush -- The Gold Rush -- The Comstock lode -- The new environment -- Two sides of the mirror -- The new alternatives -- Hunting -- Gathering -- Indian culture and white economics -- Conflict, cooperation, and leadership -- The captains -- Nativism -- Tribe and government -- The end of the “good times” -- The sad new world. The legal tribe -- Peyote, the new way -- Sagetown -- Economics -- Residence -- Society -- Ceremonies and recreation -- Food and material culture -- The two worlds -- The future -- References used -- Recommended reading.