The Han Indians; a compilation of ethnographic and historical data on the Alaska-Yukon boundary area.
Title:
The Han Indians; a compilation of ethnographic and historical data on the Alaska-Yukon boundary area.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New Haven, Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University, 1971.
Physical Description:
v, 173 pages illustrations 25 cm.
General Note:
This study was made possible by a grant from the William J. Wollman Foundation, New York City.
Abstract:
Bibliography:p.168-73.
Local Note:
The Anchorage Museum of History and Art's copy of this title is owned by the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center and was donated by James VanStone.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-173).
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Contents:
Distribution of the Northern Athapaskan Indians -- Map of the Alaska-Yukon boundary area -- Yukon River steamboats -- Map of the Han territory -- Signs in snow indicating directions to follow for moose and caribou -- King salmon dipnet -- Diagram of salmon trap -- Diagram of fish trap -- Club for killing king salmon -- Netted babiche bag -- Profile of birch-bark canoe and cross section -- Hunting snowshoe and trail snowshoe -- Sketch of Han sled -- Sketch of pole framework of nivaze -- Han houses at Klatolklin, or Johnny Village -- Men's costume -- Women's costume.