Yuman tribes of the Gila River
Book 1933 Spier, Leslie

MaricopaNorth America > Southwest and Basin
Based on fieldwork, this volume supplies a general ethnographic account, including information on subsistence techniques, food preparation, diet, houses, clothing, industries, daily routine, concepts of time, the kinship system, warfare, names, relig...

Klamath ethnography
Book 1930 Spier, Leslie

KlamathNorth America > Plains and Plateau
The first part of this monograph is a description of Klamath culture as Spier could reconstruct it from the accounts of the old people of the tribe. A great number of Klamath words are given throughout the descriptive part of the text. In the second ...

Havasupai ethnography
Book 1928 Spier, Leslie

HavasupaiNorth America > Southwest and Basin
This account of the Havasupai is based on field work undertaken in 1918, 1919 and 1921 by the author, a trained ethnologist. It is a comprehensive monograph covering all aspects of culture with a particularly strong treatment of material culture. In ...