The Ponca Tribe; In Collaboration with Peter le Claire, Tribal Historian and Other Members of the Tribe (Publisher series: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin.)
by Howard, James H. (Contributor Peter Le Claire.)
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Washington: Smithsonian Institution 1965. (Hardcover) Very good plus, no dust jacket. 191pp. Olive cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Notes, diagrams, fold-out diagram, illustrations, photographs, index. The top corners are lightly bumped. "The Ponca tribe of American Indians has been in contact with White civilization for more than 150 years, yet no comprehensive ethnography of the tribe has ever been written. Although there is much material on the Ponca in literature, it is scattered and uneven in quality....one of the primary purposes of this monograph is to present a more complete delineation of Ponca culture, under one cover, than has hitherto been done" - from the Preface. Book about Ponca Tribe. Contributors include Peter Le Claire. Publisher series: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 195. (Indians of North America, Ethnography, Indians of N.A.).
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- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
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- Title
- The Ponca Tribe; In Collaboration with Peter le Claire, Tribal Historian and Other Members of the Tribe (Publisher series: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin.)
- Author
- Howard, James H. (Contributor Peter Le Claire.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Keywords
- Indians of North America, Ethnography, Indians of N.A., Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ethnic Studies;
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