Handbook of North American Indians: Subarctic (Vol.6) [Hardcover]

June Helm (Editor), William C. Sturtevant (Editor)

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Publication Date: February 17, 1982 | ISBN-10: 0874741866 | ISBN-13: 978-0874741865

The Handbook of North American Indians is a 20-volume encyclopedia summarizing knowledge about all Native peoples north of Mesoamerica, including cultures, languages, history, prehistory, and human biology, intended to serve as a standard reference work for anthropologists, historians, students, and the general reader. Each volume contains heavily illustrated chapters by the main authorities on each topic and concludes with an extensive bibliography and index. Volume 6 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.

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About the Author

June Helm was Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the University of Iowa. She is the author of many books, including Prophecy and Power among the Dogrib Indians (1994) and The People of Denendeh: Ethnohistory of the Indians of Canada's Northwest Territories (2000).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 856 pages
• Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press (February 17, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874741866
• ISBN-13: 978-0874741865
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,286,571 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating!, June 18, 1999

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This review is from: Handbook of North American Indians: Subarctic (Vol.6) (Hardcover)

As I am a scholar and an expert of Na-Dene groupings, I find this to be one of the most fascinating and remarkable volumes of THE HANDBOOKD OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. The photos and linguistic data are absolutely fascinating and the authentic information -that so captivates every micro-molecule of my attention- is astonishingly elating! I have recently been able to determine -thanks to the many rare and authentic photos of this book- that many of the Northern 'Athapaskan' tribes are not totally 'mongoloid', as I had previoiusly surmised. I have discovered Indian (from 'India') and Turkish strains that are especially, concentrated in northeastern British Columbia and northwestern-Northwest Territory bands. These findings have shed much light on my Na-Dene origin theories, regarding the genetic makeup of the Na-Dene forbears. AWESOME!!!