Kwakiutl
Subtitle: Indians of British Columbia
Publisher: Waveland Press
Published: April 1986
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9780881332254
Subjects: Native American Anthropology; Sociology; General; Anthropology - Cultural; Anthropology, Cultural; Cultural And Social Anthropology; Kwakiutl Indians; Native American Studies; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Social Science / Native American Studies
First sentence: LIFE FOR MOST KWAKIUTL INDIANS is confined to a slender strip of coastal water, fjordlike inlets, sounds, and hundreds of densely forested, almost impenetrable islands and outcroppings of rock between the western coast of British Columbia and Vancouver Island in Canada.
Table of contents: title: Fieldwork in Kwakiutl life space. Kwakiutl life space -- Fieldwork in Kwakiutl life space -- The Kwakiutl at work. Two days in December -- Commercial salmon fishing -- Being a Kwakiutl. Social control and normative standards -- Drinking and social interaction -- Death and religion -- Authority, power-prestige and friendship -- Growing up Kwakiutl -- Traditional social organization. The potlatch -- Winter ceremonials -- References cited and recommended readings.