Status
Available
Call number
Call number
970.1 par
Collection
Publication
Dover Publications (1975), Edition: Unknown, 352 pages
Description
A guide to over seventy crafts and activities of various Indian tribes revealing many facts about their everyday lives and customs.
Media reviews
… [This book] was originally published in 1927, and is reprinted here in unabridged form, with no contemporary introduction or interpretation. The book includes such inappropriate sections as "How Indians Smelled," "How Bad Were the Indians?," and "How Civilized Are the Indians To-day?" … Most
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of the material is presented with stereotypes representative of turn-of-the-century views…. The author generalizes by using the term "Indian," rather than identifying customs as belonging to specific tribes. … Show Less
Original publication date
1927
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Pages
352