Book

A summary of Yuki culture

University of California PressBerkeley • Published In 1944 • Pages: v, 155-244

By: Foster, George McClelland.

Abstract
This study is a detailed ethnographic description of aboriginal Yaki culture based on the memories of native informants who were living at the time of the author's field work in 1937. Major topics discussed in this work are: the economy; material culture; socio-political organization; life cycle events; leisure time activities (e.g., games, gambling, etc.); religion and the supernatural; shamanism and curing; and modern (ca. 1937) religious developments -- the Ghost Dance and the Pentecostal Movement. Appendix I of this work presents comparable ethnographic data on the Huchnom, a subgroup of the Yaki.
culture
Yuki
HRAF PubDate
2003
Region
North America
Sub Region
Northwest Coast and California
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2001
Field Date
summer 1937
Coverage Date
nineteenth century - 1937
Coverage Place
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California, United States
Notes
by George M. Foster
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-244)
LCCN
a 45000779
LCSH
Yuki Indians