Property in Movables

Accumulation of Wealth

Classes

Slavery

Identification

Transmission of Cultural Norms

Transmission of Skills

Location

Dwellings

Outbuildings

Settlement Patterns

Real Property

Inter-Community Relations

Music

Dance

Gender Status

Community Heads

Social Control

Legal Norms

Sanctions

Litigation

1710

Cultural Revitalization and Ethnogenesis

Magical and Mental Therapy

Organized Ceremonial

Fishing

Water Supply

Cosmology

Mythology

Composition of Population

Linguistic Identification

Ingroup Antagonisms

External Relations

Instigation of War

Bibliographies in Sources

Status, Role, and Prestige

Basis of Marriage

Regulation of Marriage

Termination of Marriage

Residence

Conception

Shipbuilding

Division of Labor by Gender

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Childhood Activities

Occupational Specialization

Labor Supply and Employment

Kin Relationships

Community Structure

Inheritance

Public Welfare

Sacred Objects and Places

Material Not Relevant

Collecting

Hunting and Trapping

Preservation and Storage of Food

Mats and Basketry

Woodworking

Lithic Industries

Medium of Exchange

Liability

Magicians and Diviners

Activities of the Aged

Rules of Descent

Kinship Terminology

Prehistory

History

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Visiting and Hospitality

Taxation and Public Income

Warfare

Recreational and Non-Therapeutic Drugs

Theory of Disease

Prayers and Sacrifices

Purification and Atonement

Burial Practices and Funerals

Eschatology

Mineral Resources

External Trade

YUROK

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ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

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The Yurok live on the northwest coast of California and on the lower Klamath River. Traditional subsistence was based on fishing, hunting, and gathering, with salmon being the most important food source. Yurok society was socially stratified into "aristocrats", "commoners", and the "poor". There were no chiefs or leaders, although a man could sometimes gain importance through great wealth. Villages, which had communal property and distinct boundaries, were the basic units for conducting ceremonies and warfare.  Contemporary Yurok work for wages in a broad variety of service jobs or in the fishing and lumbering industries.

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