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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Overview
North American Indian Heritage
Acculturation and Assimilation
Native American Culture Areas
Chapter 2: The American Arctic and Subarctic Cultures
Peoples of the American Arctic
Linguistic Composition
Ethnic Groups
Traditional Culture
Igloo
Historical Developments
Contemporary Developments
American Subarctic Peoples
Ethos
Territorial Organization
Settlement and Housing
Production and Technology
Property and Social Stratification
Family and Kinship Relations
Socialization of Children
Religious Beliefs
Cultural Continuity and Change
Chapter 3: Northwest Coast and California Culture Areas
Northwest Coast Indian Peoples
Linguistic and Territorial Organization
Stratification and Social Structure
Subsistence, Settlement Patterns, and Housing
Technology and the Visual Arts
Totem Pole
Kinship and Family Life
Religion and the Performing Arts
Raven Cycle
Cultural Continuity and Change
California Indian Peoples
Regional and Territorial Organization
Settlement Patterns
Production and Technology
Property and Exchange Systems
Leadership and Social Status
Religion
Marriage and Child Rearing
Arts
Cultural Continuity and Change
Chapter 4: Plateau and Great Basin Culture Areas
Plateau Native Peoples
Language
Trade and Interaction
Settlement Patterns and Housing
Subsistence and Material Culture
Political Organization
Head Flattening
Kinship
Childhood and Socialization
Belief Systems
Cultural Continuity and Change
Peoples of the Great Basin
Language
Technology and Economy
Social Organization
Kinship and Marriage
Religion and Ritual
Modern Developments
Ghost Dance
Chapter 5: Southwest and Plains Culture Areas
Southwest Indian Peoples
Language
Subsistence, Settlement Patterns, and Social Organization
Socialization and Education
Belief and Aesthetic Systems
Blessingway
Cultural Continuity and Change
Plains Indian Peoples
Linguistic Organization
The Role of the Horse in Plains Life
Settlement Patterns and Housing
Tepee
Material Culture and Trade
Political Organization
Kinship and Family
Socialization and Education
Social Rank and Warfare
Belief Systems
Cultural Continuity and Change
Chapter 6: Northeast and Southeast Culture Areas
Northeast Indian Peoples
Territorial and Political Organization
Subsistence, Settlement Patterns, and Housing
Production and Technology
Social Organization
Kinship and Family Life
Powwow
Religion
Cultural Continuity and Change
Southeast Indian Peoples
Traditional Culture Patterns
Cultural Continuity and Change
Chapter 7: Native American Art
The Role of the Artist
Origins of Designs
Vision Quest
The Function of Art
Materials
Regional Styles of American Indian Visual Arts
Southwest
Navajo Weaving
Midwest and Great Plains
Sand Painting
Far West, Northeast, Central South, and Southeast
Effigy Mounds
Eskimo (Inuit)
Quill Art
Northwest Coast
Arts of contemporary Native Americans
Chapter 8: Native American Music
Music in Native American Culture
Musical Events
Ritual Clowns
Music and Language
Aspects of Style
Regional Styles
Northeast and Southeast Indians
Plains
Great Basin
Southwest
Northwest Coast
Arctic
Musical Instruments
Idiophones
Musical Bow
Membranophones
Aerophones
Chordophones
Music History of the Native Americans
Colonial Mixtures
Indigenous Trends from 1800
Participation in Art Music
The Study of American Indian Musics
Chapter 9: Native American Dance
Extent of Dance Forms
Patterns of Participation
Socially Determined Roles in Dance
Religious Expression in Dance
Patterns and Body Movement
Foreign Influences and Regional Dance Styles
Eskimo (Inuit)
Northeast and Southeast Indians
The Great Plains
The Northwest Coast
Sun Dance
The Great Basin, the Plateau, and California
The Southwest
Study and Evaluation
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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