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The Culture of the Luiseño Indians, by Philip Stedman Sparkman, [1908], at sacred-texts.com


UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS

IN

AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY

Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 187-234, Pl. 20

August 7, 1908

THE CULTURE OF THE LUISENO INDIANS.

BY

PHILIP STEDMAN SPARKMAN.

CONTENTS.

 

PAGE

Editor's Note

188

Introduction

188

Vegetable food

193

Flesh and hunting

197

Fishing

200

Clothing

200

Pottery

201

Articles made of plant fibers

202

Baskets and basket making

204

Bows and arrows

205

Stone implements

207

Feather objects

208

Fire making

209

Gums, dyes, and paints

209

Miscellaneous

210

Games

212

Houses

212

Marriage

213

Government

215

Shamanism

215

Changichnish the raven

218

Spirits and monsters

219

Boys’ puberty ceremonies

221

Girls’ puberty ceremonies

224

Mourning and mourning ceremonies

226

Appendix. Plants used by the Luiseños

228


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