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People of the Dalles : the Indians of Wascopam Mission : a historical ethnography based on the papers of the Methodist missionaries  Cover Image Book Book

People of the Dalles : the Indians of Wascopam Mission : a historical ethnography based on the papers of the Methodist missionaries

Boyd, Robert 1945- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0803212364 (cl : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xi, 396 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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  • Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, c1996.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-382) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction -- Historical context -- Human geography -- Subsistence and economics -- Social structures -- Ritual behavior : life-cycle ceremonies -- Ritual behavior : spirit beliefs and ceremonies -- Culture change at Wascopam -- Imposed culture change : Elijah White's law code -- Religious change before the missions -- Methodist missionary methods and effects.
Subject: Wascopam Mission.
Chinookan peoples -- Social life and customs
Chinookan peoples -- Missions
Shahaptin peoples -- Social life and customs
Shahaptin peoples -- Missions
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Oregon -- Social life and customs

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nicola Valley Institute of Technology.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Merritt Campus E99 C58 B69 1996 (Text) 122005 Regular Collection Volume hold Available -

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