00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773861589920 Buklod 20080702081732.0 j|||||||||||||| | ta 151203s1959 wauab rb |||1 u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00003129051 DLC BAG rda eng E 99 E7 S63 Spencer, Robert F. author. The North Alaskan Eskimo a study in ecology and society by Robert F. Spencer. Washington United States Government Printing Office 1959. vi, 490 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates (3 folded) illustrations, maps 24 cm Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology bulletin 171 Also issued as House document no. 249, 85th Congress, 1st session. Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-461) and index. The land and the people -- Language -- Houses and settlements -- Family and kinship -- Customary law -- Economy and society -- Property, wealth, and status -- Competition and cooperation -- Voluntary associations -- Trade -- The Messenger Feast (kimni̳c)-- The individual and the life cycle -- The supernatural -- Shamanism -- The cults -- Culture change -- Folklore -- Appendices. Tobacco ; Dogs ; Pottery ; Time reckoning, enumeration. Eskimos Alaska. Inuit Alaska. Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Bulletin 171. Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology) 171. House document (United States. Congress. House) 85th. Congress, no. 249. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN E 99 E7 S63 Book