This remarkable account of Washington’s Twana Indians contains the most complete body of information compiled on any Native American group in the southern coast Salish region.

Twana, Twana Indians

1 INTRODUCTION2 THE TWANA COUNTRYGeographic DescriptionOrientation/DirectionsTime and Space MeasurementGeographic NomenclatureGeographic Sites3 SUBSISTENCEFood Resources/Subsistence PatternsFishingHuntingFood4 TECHNIQUES AND PASTIMESThe CategoryHousesBoats/TransportCordage, Fabrics, Skin DressingDress, Ornament, ValuablesFireMusical InstrumentsGames/PastimesMaterial Remedies, Sweating5 NATURE OF LOCAL GROUPSSpeech CommunitySalt-Water and Inland Culture GroupingsWinter-Village CommunitySkokomish Extended Winter-Village CommunitySummer GroupingsTraits of Localized Social Units6 LAND USE, OWNERSHIP, BOUNDARIESSpeech-Community Territory and BoundariesTrespassTerritorial Claims of Local CommunitiesUse-Ownership and Watercourses7 POPULATION SHIFTS AND CULTURE CONTACTPre-European TraditionalPost-European HistoricalStages in Postcontact History8 RELATIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLESLinguistic RelationsEthnic Contact9 SOCIAL STRUCTUREMain Types of Social GroupingsVillage CommunitiesSocial ClassesKin Groups and MarriageNames and NamingOccupational GroupingsRelations of Community, Classes, and Kin Groups10 KIN-GROUP FUNCTIONS IN LIFE CRISESCrisis Patterns: Beliefs and RitualsBirth and Child TreatmentChild Training, EducationGirl's PubertyDeath Observances11 WAR AND INTERGROUP HOSTILITYHostility OutletsWarriorsIntercommunity Malignant MagicBlood FeudingForms of Hostility12 RELIGIONExpressions of SupernaturalismGuardian Spirits and Spirit PowerShamanismSouls and the Land of the DeadMagicMiscellaneous Beliefs13 CEREMONIAL COMPLEXESSummary of Public Ceremonial FormsClassification of Ceremonial FormsSponsored Ceremonies of Religious Function14 SUMMARYBIBLIOGRAPHY

"Originally published as Monograph supplement no. 2, Research studies, a quarterly publication of Washington State University, vol. XXVIII, no. 3, September 1960, supplement"--Title page verso

"Originally published as Monograph supplement no. 2, Research studies, a quarterly publication of Washington State University, vol. XXVIII, no. 3, September 1960, supplement"--Title page verso