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Loomis Museum Association, Published 1954 (later undated printing). Paperback, iii, 175 pp.; 22 cm; illustrated with maps and line drawings.
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In Very Good condition. Red-brown and cream illustrated paper covers with geometric basketry design; mild to moderate overall toning and light soiling, heavier toning to rear cover with some mild foxing. Binding tight. Pages mildly toned, light scattered foxing to blank leaves at front and back; otherwise unmarked. Popular ethnography of the four tribes whose territories met at Lassen Peak: the Atsugewi, Yana, Yahi and mountain Maidu. Compiled by Park Naturalist Paul E. Schulz from the work of Kroeber, Dixon, Garth, Gifford, Sapir, Spier, Waterman and others, with information from Atsugewi informant Selina La Marr. Includes an eighteen-page chapter on Indian-pioneer conflict and the story of Ishi, last of the Yahi, and chapters on hunting, fishing, food, houses, tools and weapons, basketry, clothing, ceremonies, music, games, birth, marriage, death, cosmology, legends and shamanism. Illustrated with tribal maps after Kroeber and Garth and drawings of baskets, projectile points, bows, canoes, necklaces and cradle baskets. This printing has the "Loomis Visitor Center" series note on the final leaf. Contents: Preface; Prehistoric Man Comes to North America; Early Cultures in North America; The California Indians; Indian Tribes of the Lassen Area; Indian-Pioneer Conflict, the Ishi Story; Hunting; Fishing; Gathering and Preparation of Other Foods; Houses and Furnishings; Household Implements, Tools, and Weapons; Basketry and Textiles; Tanning, Cordage, and Glue; Transportation; Domestic Animals and Pets; Clothing; Beauty and Personal Grooming; Wealth; Ceremonial Dress; Tobacco and Smoking; Music and Art; Games and Social Gatherings; Dances; Political Organization of Tribes; War and Peace; Birth and Babies; Adulthood Rites; Marriage and Divorce; Death and Burial; Counting, Time, and Place; Concepts of Sun, Moon, and Stars; Weather Phenomena; Earthquake Beliefs; Creation Beliefs and Other Legends; Medical Treatment; Spirits and Ghosts; Shamanism and Doctoring; Miscellaneous Magic; Bibliography.