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War stories from two enemy tribes
Journal of American folklore • 52 • Published In 1939 • Pages: 141-154
By: Goldschmidt, Walter R., Foster, George McClelland, Essene, Frank.
Abstract
The information in this article was obtained by the authors from native informants during the summers of 1935-1937. Basically the document consists of a series of nine stories of warfare between the Yuki and Nomlaki people, four of which were told by Yuki informants and five by Nomlaki. The work concludes with a critical content evaluation of the stories by the authors (Goldschmidt, Foster, and Essene).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field Date
- 1935-1937
- Coverage Date
- mid nineteenth century - 1937
- Coverage Place
- coast range area, northern California, United States
- Notes
- By Walter Goldschmidt, George Foster, and Frank Essene
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 17028737
- LCSH
- Yuki Indians