Rifles, Blankets, and Beads Identity, History, and the Northern Athapaskan Potlatch

Name: Rifles, Blankets, and Beads Identity, History, and the Northern Athapaskan Potlatch
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ISBN: 9780806135083

ISBN-10: 0806135085

ISBN-13: 9780806135083

Edition: 2002

Authors: William E. Simeone

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Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 11/4/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



List of illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Village and Its Setting



Invasion: Traders, Missionaries, and Government Men in the Upper Tanana



The Native Response: The Integration of Trade Goods into the Potlatch



The Tradition Bearers: Leadership as a Reflection of the Social Order



Images of Native and Non-Native: Components of Contemporary Identity



Funerals and Preparations for an Upper Tanana River Potlatch



Rituals of the Upper Tanana River Potlatch



Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index