Nootka and Quileute music
Title:
Nootka and Quileute music
JLCTITLE245:
by Frances Densmore.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1939.
Physical Description:
xxvi, 358 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, music, portraits ; 23 cm.
General Note:
Also issued as House document 57, 76th Congress, 1st session.
Includes music.
With Note:
With : An archaeological survey of Wheeler basin on the Tennessee river in northern Alabama / by William S. Webb. Washington : G.P.O., 1939. Bound together subsequent to publication.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Geographic Term:
Additional Physical Form Available:
Also issued online.
Contents:
The Makah, Clayoquot, and Quileute tribes -- Territory of the Makah -- Neah Bay village -- Dealings with the government of the United States -- Population -- Physical characteristics of the Makah -- Occupation -- Clothing -- Fishing -- Hunting -- Cooking -- Smoking -- Weaving of blankets -- Use of metal -- Tools and articles manufactured -- Rope -- Canoes and their making -- Paint -- Paintings -- Customs pertaining to music -- Social life -- Hospitality -- Stories -- Prayers -- Securing a tumanos -- Observations of the sun -- Burial customs -- Memorial customs -- Analysis of songs -- Whaling -- Oil potlatch -- Potlatch -- Memorial potlatch -- Kluklukwatk dance -- Klokali -- Dances representing birds and animals -- Annual celebration at Neah Bay -- Social dances -- Feasts -- Social gatherings -- War customs and songs -- Legends -- Care of little children -- Stories told to children -- Maturity customs and feasts -- Wedding customs -- Narratives of dreams by Young Doctor -- Song received in a dream by a Clayoquot -- Songs received in dreams by women -- Songs composed by women -- Clayoquot songs to calm the sea and bring fair weather -- Treatment of the sick -- Legend concerning Iyathia -- Saiyuk Society -- Plants used by the Makah -- Uses of plants -- Game songs -- Songs sung by young men in the evenings -- Quileute songs.