The Central Eskimo

About this eBook

Author

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942

Title

The Central Eskimo Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 399-670

Credits

Louise Hope and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Eskimos -- Music

Category

Text

eBook-No.

42084

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42084

Release Date

February 12, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. — THE CENTRAL ESKIMO.
2. 2.DR. FRANZ BOAS
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. — INTRODUCTION. — AUTHORITIES QUOTED. — ORTHOGRAPHY. — GEOGRAPHY OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA. 2 — DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRIBES. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. — BAFFIN LAND. — WESTERN SHORE OF HUDSON BAY. — BOOTHIA FELIX AND BACK RIVER. — SMITH SOUND. — INFLUENCE OF GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS UPON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SETTLEMENTS. — TRADE AND INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE TRIBES. — LIST OF THE CENTRAL ESKIMO TRIBES. — HUNTING AND FISHING. 4 — SEAL, WALRUS, AND WHALE HUNTING. — DEER, MUSK OX, AND BEAR HUNTING . — HUNTING OF SMALL GAME. — FISHING. — MANUFACTURES. — MAKING LEATHER AND PREPARING SKINS. — SUNDRY IMPLEMENTS. — TRANSPORTATION BY BOATS AND SLEDGES. — THE BOAT (UMIAQ). — THE SLEDGE AND DOGS. — HABITATIONS AND DRESS. — THE HOUSE. — CLOTHING, DRESSING OF THE HAIR, AND TATTOOING. — SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS LIFE. — DOMESTIC OCCUPATIONS AND AMUSEMENTS. — VISITING. — SOCIAL CUSTOMS IN SUMMER. — SOCIAL ORDER AND LAWS. — RELIGIOUS IDEAS AND THE ANGAKUNIRN (PRIESTHOOD). — FEASTS, RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR. — CUSTOMS AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING BIRTH, SICKNESS, AND DEATH. — TALES AND TRADITIONS. — ITITAUJANG. — THE EMIGRATION OF THE SAGDLIRMIUT. — KALOPALING. — THE UISSUIT. — KIVIUNG. — ORIGIN OF THE NARWHAL. — THE VISITOR. — THE FUGITIVE WOMEN. — QAUDJAQDJUQ. — IGIMARASUGDJUQDJUAQ THE CANNIBAL. — THE TORNIT. 13 — THE WOMAN AND THE SPIRIT OF THE SINGING HOUSE. — THE CONSTELLATION UDLEQDJUN. — ORIGIN OF THE ADLET AND OF THE QADLUNAIT. — THE GREAT FLOOD. — INUGPAQDJUQDJUALUNG. 14 — THE BEAR STORY. — SUNDRY TALES. — THE OWL AND THE RAVEN. — COMPARISON BETWEEN BAFFIN LAND TRADITIONS AND THOSE OF OTHER TRIBES. — SCIENCE AND THE ARTS. — GEOGRAPHY AND NAVIGATION. — POETRY AND MUSIC. — GLOSSARY. — ESKIMO WORDS USED, WITH DERIVATIONS AND SIGNIFICATIONS. — ESKIMO GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES USED, WITH ENGLISH SIGNIFICATIONS. — APPENDIX. — Note 1. — Note 2. — Note 3. — Note 4. — Note 5. — Note 6. — Note 7. — Footnotes
6. 6.INDEX — Transcriber’s Notes

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