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The Pomobook chapter 1877 • Powers, Stephen
Pomo • North America > Northwest Coast and California
The material contained within this source deals with some of the less well known tribes or bands of the Pomo, living in the general region of the intersection of the head-waters of the Eel and Russian Rivers and along the estuaries of the California ...The Yokutsessay 1877 • Powers, Stephen
Yokuts • North America > Northwest Coast and California
The material for this article comprises chapter 35 of Powers' TRIBES OF CALIFORNIA, and is, in general, a relatively brief ethnographic sketch of Yokuts culture as it existed in the 1870's. The author was a professional journalist, although one of th...The Yú-kibook chapter 1976 • Powers, Stephen
Yuki • North America > Northwest Coast and California
Although there may be some useful information in this text most of it is extremely ethnocentric and distasteful. Powers writes in a supercilious, condescending tone, disparaging the Yuki character without once questioning the character of white settl...Tá-tubook chapter 1976 • Powers, Stephen
Yuki • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This is a chapter on the Ta-tu, or Huchnom, from Power's book on the Indian tribes of California. It is largely an anecdotal account based on interviews with the local missionary. Includes two songs and drawings of facial tattoos....