Report on the Kootenay Indians of south-eastern British Columbia

Chamberlain, Alexander Francis

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Report on the Kootenay Indians of south-eastern British Columbia

Report of the sixty- meeting of the British association for the advancement of science held at Edinburgh in August 1892 • London • Published In 1893 • Pages: 545-615

By: Chamberlain, Alexander Francis.

Abstract
This report on Kutenai culture features brief descriptions of a broad range of topics, including: temperament, artistic ability, color vocabulary, social organization, marriage, childrearing, property and inheritance, crime, religion, medicine, funerals, tattooing, music and songs, hunting and fishing, boats, houses, dress, food, and disease. The most thorough discussions are on language, including grammar and vocabulary. In the scientific fashion of the time, there are anthropometric measurements listed for several dozen individuals.

Identification

Fauna

Flora

Descriptive somatology

Drives and emotions

Population

Morbidity

Acculturation and culture contact