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Description and Holding Information
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Ray, Cultural Relations in the Plateau of Northwestern America, 1939 [1964 reprint]
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Cultural Relations in the Plateau of Northwestern America, by Verne F. Ray. Publisher is not identified (Los Angeles 1939; reprinted 1964). ix + 154
p. Contents include the preface and an introduction; sections on social culture (political organization, stratification, warfare and pacifism, girls’
puberty observances, disposal of the dead); religious life (guardian spirit concept, concepts of disease, the winter spirit dance, the relation of sun
dance to spirit dance); material culture (habitations, boats and canoes); a conclusion; and the bibliography; with maps and tables. (The Introduction
states: “The Plateau of northwestern America, considered geographically, lies between the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Cascade Mountains on
the west. The northern boundary is roughly the great bend of the Fraser River, while on the south this plateau merges with the Colorado Plateau.”)
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Title:
Cultural relations in the plateau of northwestern America / by Verne F. Ray.
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OCLC Number:
1406025911
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Vol. 1 | | Yes | No |
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