Anthropology

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Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Andrew Martindale
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 144-146
Description
Book review of Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia edited by Robert T. Boyd, Kenneth M. Ames, and Tony A. Johnson. Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 144.
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Chippewa Customs

Alternate Title
Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology) ; 86
[Ojibwe Customs]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frances Densmore
Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology)
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The Chukchee: Material Culture

Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 11
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 7, pt. I
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Waldemar Bogoras
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 11 (p. [1]-276).
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Chukchee Mythology

Alternate Title
Memoir[s] of the American Museum of Natural History ; [v. 12]
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 8, pt. 1
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Waldemar Bogoras
Description
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 12 (p. [1]-197).
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[The Chukchee: Religion]

Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 11
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 7, [pt. 2]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Waldemar Bogoras
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 11 (p. 277-536).
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[The Chukchee: Social Organization]

Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 11
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 7, pt. 3]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Waldemar Bogoras
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 11 (p. [537]-733).
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Chukchi Reindeer Herding Culture

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vladislav Nuvano
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka/Chukotka, 2007, pp. 307-310
Description
Analyzes the relationship between the inhabitants of the Chukchi region and wild reindeer.
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Circles, Trees, and Bears: Symbols of Power of the Weenuche Ute

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert S. McPherson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, 2012, pp. 103-129
Description
Comments on the similarities and the differences between various ceremonies and the blending of the past with the present.
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Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part One: An Alternate Reality

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kenneth Feder
Bradley T. Lepper
Terry A. Barnhart
Deborah A. Bolnick
Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 35, no. 5, September/October 2011, pp. [38-45]
Description
Offers a critical review of the documentary The Lost Civilizations of North America, examining the way ‘civilization’ is defined and the evidence of pre-contact trade and settlement in North America presented in the film.
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Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part Three: Real Messages in DNA

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah A. Bolnick
Kenneth L. Feder
Bradley T. Lepper
Terry Barnhardt
Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 36, no. 1, January/February 2012, pp. [48-51]
Description
Offers a critical review of the documentary The Lost Civilizations of North America; examines and responds to claims make in the documentary about DNA evidence of pre-Columbian contact between Indigenous peoples of North America and those from other continents.
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Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part Two: False Messages in Stone

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley T. Lepper
Kenneth L. Feder
Terry A. Barnhart
Deborah A. Bolnick
Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 35, no. 6, November/December 2011, pp. [48-54]
Description
Offers a critical review of the documentary The Lost Civilizations of North America; examines specific artifacts referred to in the film and discusses their authenticity and/or controversy surrounding them.
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Cloth & Clay: Communicating Culture

Alternate Title
Cloth and Clay: Communicating Culture
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
John Dalrymple
Description
"Exploration of art, culture and history through the ceramic and textile objects of the ancient and contemporary peoples of" Mexico, Central and South America. Information provided about the people and physical landscape.
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Clovis Counterrevolution

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eliot Marshall
Science, vol. 249, no. 4970, New Series, August 17, 1990, pp. 738-741
Description
Controversy among anthropologists and archaeologists regarding the date the Americas were first populated.
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Coast Salish Essays

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marjorie Mitchell
BC Studies, no. 82, Summer, 1989, pp. 65-68
Description
Book review of: Coast Salish Essays by Wayne Suttles.
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[Coast Salish Essays]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
N. Alexander Easton
Native Studies Review, vol. 4, no. 1 & 2, 1988, pp. 237-244
Description
Book review of: Coast Salish Essays by Wayne Suttles.
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Coastal and Interior Salish Power Concepts: A Structural Comparison

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William W. Elmendorf
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 14, no. 1, 1977, pp. 64-75
Description
Compares aboriginal belief and ritual systems among Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest who speak languages that belong to the Salish linguistic family.
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The Cocopa

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.31, no.5
E-Books
Author/Creator
E. W. Gifford
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 31, (pp257-334).
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The Code Breakers

Alternate Title
The Nature of Things ; 2010-2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Niobe Thompson
Tom Radford
Description
Presents new archaeological discoveries about when the first humans entered the new world. Episode of The Nature of Things which was broadcast January 13, 2011. Duration: 45:13
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The Collaboration of James Mutch and Franz Boas, 1883-1922

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenn Harper
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, Franz Boas et les Inuit / Franz Boas and the Inuit, 2008, pp. 53-71
Description
Investigates the contributions made by manager of the whaling station to the emerging anthropologist and chronicles the three decade period of correspondence between the two.
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Collaborative and Participatory Research in Urban Social Planning and Restructuring: Anthropological Experiences from a Medium-Sized Canadian City

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander M. Ervin
Human Organization, vol. 55, no. 3, Fall, 1996, pp. 324-333
Description
Argues that the generalist approach of an anthropologist is an advantage when conducting urban research and illustrates the point with five involvements: needs assessments, participation in social planning, health promotion, indicators of immigrant/refugee adaptation and informational needs of the visually impaired; all projects were carried out in Saskatoon.
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