Book

Clear Lake Pomo society

University of California Press18 (2) • Published In 1926 • Pages: 287-390

By: Gifford, Edward Winslow.

Abstract
This source compiled by Edward W. Gifford, a professional anthropologist from the University of California, is an ethnographic survey of the Eastern Pomo, specifically those living in the village of Cigom, located on the eastern shore of Clear Lake, Lake County, California. Much of the material obtained by the author for this report was supplied by the informant Jim Pumpkin, a resident of the Pomo village of Danobidau. Information concerning other Eastern Pomo groups, as well as Northern and Southeastern Pomo communities is also included in this survey. It should be noted that data presented in this paper dealing with the Hill Patwin of Long Valley, were obtained by Gifford from an Eastern Pomo informant. The major categories covered in this source are: a concise sketch of the village of Cigom -- location, inhabitants, interhouse relationships, composition of the Cigom family, etc; marriage; occupations; chieftainship; dance houses and sweat houses; ceremonies and dances and their participants; cremation ceremonies for the dead; money; games; personal names; relationship terms; and biographies of various Pomos.
Subjects
Identification
Life history materials
Composition of population
Occupational specialization
Dance
Personal names
Regulation of marriage
Secondary marriages
Residence
Household
Family relationships
Kin relationships
Community structure
Community heads
Shamans and psychotherapists
Burial practices and funerals
Organized ceremonial
culture
Pomo
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
North America
Sub Region
Northwest Coast and California
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1960
Field Date
1919
Coverage Date
ca. 1850 - 1919
Coverage Place
Eastern Pomo village of Cigom, Clear Lake, California, United States
Notes
by Edward Winslow Gifford …
Includes bibliographical references and index
LCCN
a 26000138
LCSH
Pomo Indians