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Clear Lake Pomo societyBook 1926 • Gifford, Edward Winslow
Pomo • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This source compiled by Edward W. Gifford, a professional anthropologist from the University of California, is an ethnographic survey of the Eastern Pomo, specifically those living in the village of Cigom, located on the eastern shore of Clear Lake, ...Pomo lands on Clear LakeBook 1923 • Gifford, Edward Winslow
Pomo • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This is a discussion of land tenure, usufruct, and inheritance among the Pomo of four principal villages on the shore of Clear Lake: Cigom, Elem, Kamdot, and Koi. Besides the central subject matter, the author presents data on native place names, set...Pomobook chapter 1922 • Gifford, Edward Winslow
Pomo • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This source is a summary of all the data concerning the kinship terminology of the various Pomo groups known at the time. There is little or no discussion of the material involved....Tübatulabal and Kawaiisu kinship termsBook 1917 • Gifford, Edward Winslow
Tubatulabal • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This is the main source on Tubatulabal kinship terminology. Terms are listed and compared with the neighboring Kawaiisu and other Shoshonean terminologies....The Coast YukiBook 1965 • Gifford, Edward Winslow
Yuki • North America > Northwest Coast and California
Gifford presents the detailed data he gathered from the Coast Yuki from (mainly) three different informants. This is a classic ethnographic study and covers a broad swath of Coast Yuki culture including their beliefs and religion, settlements, place ...Coast Yuki mythsarticle 1937 • Gifford, Edward Winslow
Yuki • North America > Northwest Coast and California
Gifford presents thirty-nine Coast Yuki myths. They were related to him, in English, by two informants. Gifford records a few of the details about how the myths or 'night stories' were told or should be told....Tongan societyBook 1929 • Gifford, Edward Winslow
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This is a general ethnographic introduction to Tongan society and culture based on nine months of fieldwork. It covers population, family and kinship, the kingship, social classes, kava drinking, land, property and inheritance, law, life crises (birt...Tongan myths and talesBook 1924 • Gifford, Edward Winslow
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This document contains a collection of Tongan oral traditions. The tales were collected from various archives and publications as well as from informants' recitations....Euro-American acculturation in Tongaarticle 1924 • Gifford, Edward Winslow
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This article deals with changes in Tongan culture resulting from westernization. The author concludes that Tongan culture is and probably will remain a 'hybrid' rather than becoming completely westernized. The article covers a wide range of culture t...A contribution to Tongan somatologyBook 1922 • Sullivan, Louis R. (Louis Robert) et al.
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This source is a description of Tongan somatology based on measurements of 225 adult and adolescent Tongans. The description covers 19 anthropometric features (11 measurements and 8 indices) including stature, head length and width, face height and w...