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Havasupai Habitat
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The Havasupai Indians have lived for centuries in Cataract Canyon, and even came to be confined there by treaty. When anthopologist Alfred F. Whiting set out to study the Havasupai in the early 1940s, he found a culture that in many aspect remained unchanged. In Havasupai Habitat editors Weber and Seaman have distilled Whiting's ethnographic research. Part I comprises ten thematic chapters dealing with various aspects of culture, such as hunting and gathering, child care, housing, and religion. Part II offers a systematic presentation of Havasupai knowledge of weather and astronomy, minerals, animals, and plants; and for each item listed, Whiting has provided scientific and common English terminology, phonetic spelling, and a description of usage.

Published in 1985, Havasupai Habitat offers a rich ethnography on lifeways of the Havasupai people.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Half title page
  2. p. i
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  1. Title Page
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  1. About the Editors
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  1. Copyright
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  1. Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Illustrations and Maps
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  1. Tables
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. xi-xiii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xv-xvi
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  1. Alfred F. Whiting and the Havasupai Indians
  2. pp. xvii-xxi
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  1. Part I: Culture and Environment
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  1. 1. The People and Their Land
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  1. 2. The Ways of Words
  2. pp. 16-25
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  1. 3. Getting Enough to Eat
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  1. 4. A Havasupai Cookbook
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  1. 5. Keeping Warm
  2. pp. 75-87
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  1. 6. What to Do in Your Spare Time
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  1. 7. The Need for a Mate
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  1. 8. Maintaining a Healthy Family
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  1. 9. Keeping Things Organized
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  1. 10. Indians in a Changing World
  2. pp. 133-148
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  1. Part II: Havasupai Knowledge of the Natural World
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  1. 11. Weather and Astronomy
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  1. 12. Minerals, Metals, and Rocks
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  1. 13. The Animal Kingdom
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  1. 14. The Plant Kingdom
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  1. Havasupai Informants
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  1. Bibliography
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  1. Index
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