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Yurokessay 1978 • Pilling, Arnold R.
Yurok • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This article presents a brief culture summary of the ethnography of the Yuroks of northwestern California. Some of the topics covered in this work are: intertribal ties with other ethnic groups, prehistory and history, social stratification, the dist...Yurok aristocracy and 'great houses'article 1989 • Pilling, Arnold R.
Yurok • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This paper, based heavily on taped conversations with Mrs. Lowana Brantner, the quintessence of Yurok aristocracy, presents an overview of Yurok traditional society as seen through the eyes of an aristocrat. Data presented here deal with the 'great h...The Tiwi of North AustraliaBook 1960 • Hart, C. W. M. (Charles William Merton) & Pilling, Arnold R.
Tiwi • Oceania > Australia
This account of the Tiwi is based on field work undertaken independently by each of the authors at different times. The study deals primarily with status manipulation and political behavior among the Tiwi but includes in connection with this a wide r...