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Handbook of the Indians of California /

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Monumental work includes demographics, linguistic relations, social structures, folkways, religion, material culture, and more. Surveys of the Yurok, Pomo, Maidu, Yokuts and Mohave receiving most attention.

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Main Author: Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960
Corporate Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology, United States. Congress House
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : G.P.O., 1925.
Series:Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology) ; 78.
House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 68th Congress, no. 3.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > California.
Indigenous peoples > California.
Indians of North America.
California.
Summary:Monumental work includes demographics, linguistic relations, social structures, folkways, religion, material culture, and more. Surveys of the Yurok, Pomo, Maidu, Yokuts and Mohave receiving most attention.
Table of Contents:
  • The Yurok. Land and civilization ; Law and custom ; Religion ; Arts
  • The Karok
  • The Chimariko and Wiyot
  • Athabascans. The Tolowa ; The Hupa, Chilula, and Whilkut ; Southern groups
  • The Yuki. Ethnic geography ; Culture ; Religion
  • The Huchnom and Coast Yuki
  • The Wappo
  • The Pomo. Geography and politics ; Civilization ; 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 Wintun. Geography and culture ; Kuksu cult
  • The Maidu. Land and society ; Arts and implements ; Religion and knowledge
  • The Miwok
  • The Costanoans
  • The Yokuts. Geography ; Social instutions ; Cults ; The concrete basis of life
  • The Esselen and Salinans
  • The Chumash
  • The Washo
  • The Shoshonean stock
  • The Paiute, Mono, and Koso
  • The Chemehuevi
  • The Kawailsu and Tübatulabal
  • Serrano divisions
  • The Gabrielino
  • The Juaneño
  • The Luiseño. Elements of civilization ; Organization of civilization
  • The Cupeño and Cahuilla
  • The Diegueño and Kamia
  • The Mohave. Concrete life ; Dream life
  • The Yuma
  • Other Yuman tribes
  • Arts of life
  • Society
  • Religion and knowledge
  • Population
  • Place names
  • Culture provinces
  • Prehistory.

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