This classic of American Indian ethnography, originally published
in 1877, is again available in its complete form. In the summers of
1871 and 1872 Powers visited Indian groups in the northern
two-thirds of California. A journalist by profession, he was
untrained in ethnography, but was nonetheless an astonishingly
intelligent observer who had a gift for writing in a spirited
manner. He reported faithfully what he heard and portrayed
accurately what he saw among the native survivors of Gold Rush days
in a series of seventeen articles published mostly in "The Overland
Monthly". These were partly unwritten, added to, and reorganized by
Powers to be published in 1877 as a report of the U.S. Geographical
Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region. Powers' book is still basic
and is referred to by everyone who deals with native cultures. The
1877 edition was not large, and "Tribes of California" is at last
reprinted in response to growing demand for this rare volume. For
this edition all of the original illustrations have been retained
and the basic text printed in facsimile. Professor Robert F. Heizer
has provided annotations throughout and an introduction to indicate
contemporary thought about the volume.
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