Handbook of North American Indians / William C. Sturtevant, general editor.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Sturtevant, William C., editor.

Series:

Handbook of North American Indians

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Encyclopedias.

Indians of North America.

Eskimos--Encyclopedias.

Eskimos.

Indians of North America--Dictionaries.

Inuit.

Medical Subjects:

Inuit.

Genre:

encyclopedias.

Encyclopedias

Dictionaries

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (volumes) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Washington : Smithsonian Institution, 1978-

Summary:

"A 20-volume set planned to give an encyclopedic summary of what is known about the history, languages, cultures, and contemporary development of the Indigenous peoples of North America north or the urban civilizations of Central Mexico"--Volume 1 page ix.

Contents:

v. 1. Introduction (2022)

v. 2. Indians in contemporary society (2008)

v. 3. Environment, origins and population (2006)

v. 4. History of Indian-white relations (1988)

v. 5. Arctic (1984)

v. 6. Subarctic (1981)

v. 7. Northwest Coast (1990)

v. 8. California (1978)

v. 9. Southwest (1979)

v. 10. Southwest (1983)

v. 11. Great basin (1986)

v. 12. Plateau (1998)

v. 13. Plains (2001)

v. 14. Southeast (2004)

v. 15. Northeast (1978)

v. 16. Technology and visual arts

v. 17. Languages (1996)

v. 18 & 19. Biographical dictionary

v. 20. Index.

Notes:

With the suspension of publication, the following volumes remain unpublished: v. 16. Technology and visual arts -- v. 18-19. Biographical dictionary -- v. 20. Index.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Description based on online resource; title from volume 1 PDF title page (Smithsonian, viewed November 10, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Handbook of North American Indians.

ISBN:

9781944466541

1944466541

OCLC:

679862056

Access Restriction:

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