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Yurok geographyBook 1920 • Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
Yurok • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This monograph deals with the geographical distribution of past and present Yurok settlements and lists of place names. Several thousand such names are listed and their origin explained. The topographical features and settlement patterns of various l...Yurok marriagesarticle 1934 • Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot) & Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis)
Yurok • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This study is an analysis of genealogical data concerning marriages collected by Waterman in 1909 while doing ethnogeographical work among the Yurok. Two types of marriage were found, 'full' and 'half', with the latter being much less esteemed. The d...