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The Quinault IndiansBook 1936 • Olson, Ronald L. (Ronald Leroy)
Quinault • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This is a classic ethnography in the Boasian genre: an attempt to reconstruct the Quinault way of life before they and neighboring tribes began their life on the Reservation. The main topics it covers are material culture, subsistence practices, soci...Social structure and social life of the Tlingit in AlaskaBook 1967 • Olson, Ronald L. (Ronald LeRoy)
Tlingit • North America > Northwest Coast and California
The author's objective in this ethnography was to do a '…study of the structure and functioning of the complex social life,…' (p. V-A). The range of topics covered is broad, including political organization, clan legends and property, social classes,...