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Alison H. (USA: WA) (2019/12/18): LARGE-FORMAT TRADE PAPERBACK, 1997 REPRINT OF 1974 BOOK, 94 PAGES. PACKED WITH PHOTOS, ILLUSTRATIONS AND INFORMATION ABOUT MANY ASPECTS OF NORTHWEST INDIGENOUS CULTURES INCLUDING: HABITAT, THE PEOPLE, THE LAND, THE WILDLIFE, HOUSES, CANOES, WORK IN WOOD, BASKETRY AND TEXTILES, FOOD GATHERING, DRESS AND DECORATION, SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS, PUBERTY, BURIAL CUSTOMS, MARRIAGE, GAMES, WARFARE, RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, SHAMANISM, WINTER CEREMONIES, POTLATCH, THE AFTERLIFE, MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE (INCLUDING TOTEM POLES), AND ART, WITH SOME FURTHER REFERENCES.
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