Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 American and Greenlandic Arctic Pepoles -- History of Settlement -- Paleo-Arctic and Paleo-Indian Traditions -- Ocean Bay Tradition -- Small Tool Tradition -- Dorset Culture -- Thule Culture -- Ultima Thule -- Colonization and Contemporary Developments -- The Coasts of Greenland -- Alaska's Southern and Southwestern Territories -- Northern Alaska and Canada -- Contemporary Developments -- Chapter 2 Selected American Arctic Peoples in Focus -- linguistic Makeup -- Kayak and Umiak -- Classification of Ethnic Groups -- Arctic Clothing -- Arctic Traditional Cultures -- The Seasonal Migrations of the Northern Yupiit and the Inuit -- Igloos -- Sled Dogs -- Sedentary Peoples: The Southern Yupiit and the Aleuts -- Walrus -- Chapter 3 Peoples of the American Subarctic -- Ideology -- Territorial Arrangement -- Settlement and Shelter -- Material Culture -- Spear-Thrower -- Ownership and Social Organization -- Relationships Among Family and Kin -- Enculturation of The Young -- Spiritual Convictions -- Shaman -- Cultural Stabiliy and Adjustment -- Chapter 4 Selected American Subarctic Peoples in Focus -- Eastern Subarctic Zone: Algonquian-Language Speakers -- Cree -- Innu -- Ojibwa -- Midewiwin -- Western Subarctic Zone: Athabaskan-Language Speakers -- Beaver -- Carrier -- Chipewyan -- Deg Xinag -- Dogrib -- Gwich'in -- Kaska -- Sekani -- Slave -- Tahltan -- Tanaina -- Chapter 5 Northwest Coast Indians -- Organization of Language and Territory -- Class Structure and Community Organization -- Subsistence, Transport, and Shelter -- Materials and The Visual Arts -- Family Matters -- Raven Cycle Legends -- Religious Beliefs and Performance -- Cultural Cohesion and Adjustment -- Early Trade -- The Settlement Movement -- Effects of Settlement: Disease and Misunderstanding.

The Collapse of the Fur Trade and Rise of the Salmon Industry -- Organizing and Land Claims -- Chapter 6 Selected Northwest Coast Peoples in Focus -- Bella Coola -- Chinook -- Coast Salish -- Haida -- Nuances of The Totem Pole -- Hupa -- Kwakiutl -- Nuu-Chah-Nulth -- tlingit -- Tsimshian -- Wiyot -- Yurok -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.