The Northern and central Nootkan tribes

Drucker, Philip

Book

The Northern and central Nootkan tribes

For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print Off. • Washington • Published In 1951 • Pages: ix, 480 , 5 plates

By: Drucker, Philip.

Abstract
The material for this study was compiled by the author in 1935-36 under a pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship granted by the Social Science Research Council. The problem under study was to determine from an examination of Nootka society the bases of social stratification as evidenced through their economic life, material culture, daily life history patterns, and especially through the religious and ceremonial observances of the people. In his presentation of the various facets of Nootkan life, the author is meticulous in recording in detail everything that might have a bearing on his primary thesis. This is to be especially noted in his sections on the religious and ceremonial life of the Nootka. When differences occur among the several subtribes constituting the Nootka as a whole, the author is careful to point out these differences. The ethnographic horizon for this study was from about 1850-1937.

Organized ceremonial

Gift giving

Food quest

Puberty and initiation

Techniques of socialization

Shamans and psychotherapists

Revelation and divination

Diet

Tribe and nation

Personality disorders

Warfare

Geography