The Nehalem Tillamook: An Ethnography
by Elizabeth D. Jacobs
Oregon State University Press, 2003
Paper: 978-0-87071-556-3
Library of Congress Classification E99.N45J34 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification 979.5400497943
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Contents Acknowledgments x Abbreviations xi Maps Principal Ethnolinguistic Groups of the Coastal Northwest xii Major Tillamook Ethnolinguistic Subgroups xiii Principal Nehalem Tillamook Villages in the Mid-Nineteenth Century xiv Editor's Introduction to The Nehalem Tillamook: An Ethnography 1 The Tillamook Rocking Chair Ethnography History of Ethnographic and Linguistic Research on the Tillamook Indians Jacobs's Tillamook Research in Comparative Perspective Biographies The Editor's Role in Transforming the Ethnography Author's Introduction 62 1 Material Culture 67 Introduction Houses Canoes Hunting Cooking Important Seasonal Foods Body Decoration Clothing Ceremonial Attire and Accessories The Shaman's Paraphernalia War Dress and Equipment Natural Medicines and Hygiene Miscellany 2 Social Organization 92 Introduction Slaves and Slave Raiding War Expeditions Dispute Settlement Headmen Marriage and Sexuality Wedding Arrangements and Ceremony Polygyny Extent of Levirate-Sororate Child Betrothal Behavior Toward In-Laws and Other Affines Post-Menopause Sexuality Transvestism 3 The Life Cycle 118 Birth, Infant Care, and Adolescence Babyland Pregnancy Wet Nurse Ear Piercing and Naming Care of Children Daily Round of a Child Adolescence Death, Burial, Purification, and Mourning Death Burial Reburial Purification Mourning Inheritance 4 Worldview and Ceremonial Expression 145 Introduction Obtaining Guardian Spirit Powers Shamans and Shamanism Procedures of a Drawing Doctor Sucking Doctors: Female The Winter Dance Spirit Doctors and the Spirit World Two Spirit Doctors Known to Clara General Notes on Shamans The Love-Doctor Guardian Spirit Powers Doctoring Powers Hunting Powers Wealth Powers Bird Powers Miscellaneous Powers Bad Powers Wild Woman and Insanity Concepts The Southwest Wind Dance Cosmology Sun and Moon Eclipses Solstices Stars Earth Weather The First Salmon Ceremony Treatment of Animals 5 Expressive Culture 202 Folklore Music and Songs Lullaby Spirit Power Songs Fun Songs Dreams Games Etiquette Appendix 1: Northwest Coast Language Classification 212 Appendix 2: Biographical Notes on Tillamook Persons Discussed in the Ethnography Appendix 3: Inventory of Jacobs's Nehalem Tillamook Sound Recordings Appendix 4: A Guide to the Nehalem Tillamook Linguistic Transcriptions Bibliography Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Nehalem Indians History, Nehalem Indians Folklore, Nehalem Indians Social life and customs, Tillamook language Oregon Nehalem River Watershed, Nehalem River Watershed (Or, ) Social life and customs
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