The Spokan Indians
By: John Alan Ross
Contributors: Egesdal, Steven M.; Hill, George, 1951?-
Publisher: Michael J. Ross
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Spokane, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 872
ISBN-13: 9780983231103
Subjects: Spokane Indians; Indians of North America
Other titles: Spokane Indians
Notes: Forewords by Steve M. Egesdal and George Hill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 774-832) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cultural, linguistic, and intergroup affiliation; title: Euro-American contact; title: Social and political organization; title: Life cycle; title: Settlement patterns and structures; title: Tool making and related technologies; title: Environmental and resource stewardship; title: Annual subsistence round; title: Hunting; title: Gathering technology; title: Fishing; title: Firewood, cooking, and food preservation; title: Transportation technology; title: Clothing and adornment; title: Tobacco and pipe complex; title: Games, dances, and music; title: Medicine and health; title: Religion and mythology; title: Natural phenomena; title: Appendix A. Prehistoric Spokane; title: an Indian legend; title: Appendix B. How the Spokane River was formed; title: Appendix C. Coyote creates Spokane Falls; title: Appendix D. How the sun disc came to Spokane; title: Appendix E. Spokan consanguineal kin terms; title: Appendix F. Story of a small boy's adoption by bears; title: Appendix G. Boy receiving his tutelary spirit; title: Appendix H. Boy's vision quest; title: Appendix I. Boy's lake vision quest; title: Appendix J. Account of starvation; title: Appendix K. Origin of the bullhead; title: Appendix L. Observations of beavers; title: Appendix M. Origin of Chewelah-Spokan group; title: oral history; title: Appendix N. Account of bluejay; title: Appendix O. Ghosts and mental illness; title: Appendix P. Creation, to an Indian; title: Historically significant contributions by selected early explorers and naturalists.