Download Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico Vol 1 of 2 Classic Reprint Frederick Webb Hodge 9780266599869 Books
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Under the tribal descriptions a brief account of the ethnic relations of the tribe, its history, its location at various periods, statistics of population, etc., are included. Accompanying each synonym (the earliest known date always being given) a reference to the authority is noted, and these references form practically a bibliography of the tribe for those who desire to pursue the subject further. It is not claimed that every spelling of every tribal name that occurs in print is given, but it is believed that a sufficient number of forms is recorded to enable the student to identify practically every name by which any group of Indians has been known, as well as to trace the origin of many of the terms that have been incorporated into our geographic nomenclature.
In many instances the treatises are satisfactorily illustrated; in others, much necessarily has been left to a future edition in order that the present publication may not be further delayed. The work of illustration was intrusted largely to Mr De Lancey Gill.
The contributors to Part 1, in addition to those who have rendered valued assistance by affording information, correcting proofs, and in other ways, are as follows, the names being arranged in the alphabet ical order of the initials attached to the signed articles.
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"In 1873 the Bureau of American Ethnology decided to collect all the names that had been given to the tribes north of Mexico, including those given by non-English speakers. This task was nearly impossible because few Indians knew what was meant when they were asked, 'What's your tribe?" They might answer with the name of their clan or subtribe or even make up a name. The task was far too ambitious, but the founding anthropologists went even further, as the years went by, and decided to include what had been written by scholars and others in regard to Indians. The collection grew into the two volume work shown here, finally published after more than twenty five years by dozens of conributors.
The work is of little use to anyone except specialists who want to track down everything published early about some tribe but without substantiation. For the curious I recommend going to the kindle versions of Volume 1 or 2 and sampling the hodgepodge of contents. (Frequent errors in the kindle editions compound the confusion.)
The real value of the original Handbook is that it served as a learning tool for publication of a modern version that was envisoned as a celebration of the Bicentennial. Like the original, the volumes appeared far behind schedule. Unlike the original the seventeen volumes, except the first three, are devoted to tribes within cultural areas. Experts from anthropology and history authored and edited the work so we now have a comprehensive description of North American Indians that is also in a form easy to read.
The Handbook is now available at most university libraries and many public ones. The first three volumes are devoted to general topics such as governemt and tribal relations or Indian languages, and would make excellent additons to anyone's library. A great improvement over the original, but unlikely to have been undertaken if it were not for the popularity of the original.
ernestschusky.com"
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- In 1873 the Bureau of American Ethnology decided to collect all the names that had been given to the tribes north of Mexico, including those given by non-English speakers. This task was nearly impossible because few Indians knew what was meant when they were asked, 'What's your tribe?" They might answer with the name of their clan or subtribe or even make up a name. The task was far too ambitious, but the founding anthropologists went even further, as the years went by, and decided to include what had been written by scholars and others in regard to Indians. The collection grew into the two volume work shown here, finally published after more than twenty five years by dozens of conributors.
The work is of little use to anyone except specialists who want to track down everything published early about some tribe but without substantiation. For the curious I recommend going to the kindle versions of Volume 1 or 2 and sampling the hodgepodge of contents. (Frequent errors in the kindle editions compound the confusion.)
The real value of the original Handbook is that it served as a learning tool for publication of a modern version that was envisoned as a celebration of the Bicentennial. Like the original, the volumes appeared far behind schedule. Unlike the original the seventeen volumes, except the first three, are devoted to tribes within cultural areas. Experts from anthropology and history authored and edited the work so we now have a comprehensive description of North American Indians that is also in a form easy to read.
The Handbook is now available at most university libraries and many public ones. The first three volumes are devoted to general topics such as governemt and tribal relations or Indian languages, and would make excellent additons to anyone's library. A great improvement over the original, but unlikely to have been undertaken if it were not for the popularity of the original.
ernestschusky.com
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