June Helm 1924 2004 Editor (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. xvi+837 pages with maps, photographs, charts, tables, figures, plates, illustrations, bibliography and index. Quarto (11 1/4" x 8 1/2") bound in original publisher's grey cloth. with red stipe in gilt and black lettering to spine ang gilt "Smithsonian label" to cover. First edition. The Handbook of North American Indians is a series of edited scholarly and reference volumes in Native American studies, published by the Smithsonian Institution beginning in 1978. Planning for the handbook series began in the late 1960s and work was initiated following a special congressional appropriation in fiscal year 1971. This work documents information about all Indigenous peoples of the Americas north of Mexico, including cultural and physical aspects of the people, language family, history, and worldviews. This series is a reference work for historians, anthropologists, other scholars, and the general reader. The series utilized noted authorities for each topic. The set is illustrated, indexed, and has extensive bibliographies. Describes the prehistory, history, and cultures of the aboriginal people of North America who lived in the Subarctic culture area, defined as extending from the coast of Labrador on the Atlantic Ocean to Cook Inlet and beyond on the Pacific. Condition: Near fine.…