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Title: Handbook of the Indians of California
Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology), 78
Creator: Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
Date Created and/or Issued: 1925
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library
United States. Government Printing Office
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Handbook of the Indians of California
Rights Information: As a work of the U.S. government, this monograph remains in the public domain and is not subject to U.S. copyright laws.
Description: This monograph is a representative work of Alfred L. Kroeber's contributions to American Indian ethnology. It also illustrates why Kroeber, a noted American anthropologist and founder of the anthropology department at the University of California at Berkeley, is considered to be the father of California Indian studies. Kroeber's handbook provides a comprehensive look at the Indians of California and offers a foundation for the ethnographic study of California's Native American cultures.
Type: text
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: bba00001
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/bba/id/1120
Language: English
Subject: Government publications
Indians of North America--California
Native Americans
California History
Achomawi Indians
Atsugewi Indians
Cahuilla Indians
Chemehuevi Indians
Chilula Indians
Chimariko Indians
Chumash Indians
Cupeño Indians
Diegueño Indians
Esselen Indians
Gabrielino Indians
Hupa Indians
Juaneño Indians
Kamia Indians
Karok Indians
Kawaiisu Indians
Luiseño Indians
Maidu Indians
Miwok Indians
Modoc Indians
Mohave Indians
Mono Indians
Ohlone Indians
Paiute Indians
Pomo Indians
Salinan Indians
Serrano Indians
Shasta Indians
Shoshoni Indians
Tolowa Indians
Tubatulabal Indians
Wappo Indians
Washo Indians
Wintun Indians
Wiyot Indians
Yana Indians
Yokuts Indians
Yuki Indians
Yuma Indians
Yurok Indians
Costanoan Indians
Gabrieleño Indians
Huchnom Indians
Koso Indians
Whilkut Indians
Yahi Indians
Time Period: Prehistory - 1923
Place: California
Source: Monograph; Honnold Mudd Special Collections, William Smith Mason Collection of Western Americana, Call Number 970.4 K913h
Relation: Handbook of the Indians of California - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/bba

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