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Contribution to the study of the Jivaro or Suor language 1938 • Flornoy, Bertrand & Coughlin, Margaret
Jivaro • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
...Historical migrations of the Tupi Guaranibook chapter 1927 • Métraux, Alfred & Coughlin, Margaret
Tupinamba • South America > Eastern South America
This document consists of a detailed analysis of the migratory movements of the various Tupí-Guaraní tribes from the time of their first contacts with Europeans in the sixteenth century to the early twentieth century. As such, it deals with the mirat...Notes on birth and reproduction in Vietnamessay 1951 • De, Tran Dinh & Coughlin, Margaret
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This paper is the result of a questionnaire submitted to Dr. De, a Vietnanese obstetrician, visiting in the United States. Dr. De received his M.D. from the University of Hanoi in 1944. After 1946 he was with the Saigon Maternity Hospital as resident...The art of healing among the Azande 1929 • De Graer, Albert M. & Coughlin, Margaret
Azande • Africa > Central Africa
...History of the mission of the Capuchin Fathers on the Isle of Maragnan and the surrounding landsbook chapter 1614 • Claude, d'Abbeville, père d. 1632 et al.
Tupinamba • South America > Eastern South America
Claude d'Abbeville was a French missionary who went to northern Brazil in 1611 and stayed on the islands of Maranhão a few months. His description of native life is remarkably accurate and sound. He gives a good account of Tupinamba astronomy. He lis...