Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society
by John Wesley Powell
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About this eBook
- Author
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
- Title
- Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society Bureau of American Ethnology
- Credits
- Produced by Carlo Traverso, Barbara Tozier, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net, from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France at gallica.bnf.fr.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E011: History: America: America
- Subject
- Wyandot Indians
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 16947
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16947
- Release Date
- October 25, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. — J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR. — WYANDOT GOVERNMENT:
- 2.J. W. POWELL.
- 3.THE FAMILY.
- 4.THE GENS.
- 5.THE PHRATRY. — GOVERNMENT. — CIVIL GOVERNMENT. — METHODS OF CHOOSING AND INSTALLING COUNCILLORS AND CHIEFS. — FUNCTIONS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT. — MARRIAGE REGULATIONS. — NAME REGULATIONS. — REGULATIONS OF PERSONAL ADORNMENT. — REGULATIONS OF ORDER IN ENCAMPMENT AND MIGRATIONS. — PROPERTY RIGHTS. — RIGHTS OF PERSON. — COMMUNITY RIGHTS. — RIGHTS OF RELIGION. — CRIMES. — THEFT. — MAIMING. — MURDER. — TREASON. — WITCHCRAFT. — OUTLAWRY. — MILITARY GOVERNMENT. — FELLOWHOOD.
- 6.Index
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