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Indians of North America -- Social conditions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Notes about the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska

 Collection — Manuscript box 40 - folder 1
Identifier: 9009
Scope and content One folder of non-sequential loose notes; some look to be hastily written on scrap paper. These contain descriptions of events; phonetic spelling of native words and their meanings; notes about sociology and class which may have been used as a basis for a publication. The second folder contains extensive notes removed from a notebook. Some pages appear to be missing. The notes are observations of the people covering many aspects. There is a list of common animal names and their translation....
Dates: [1890-1900]