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An Introduction To The Cultures Of Northern Peoples. Each Chapter Is Followed By An Annotated Bibliography. Supplementary Bibliography:p.218-26. Introduction -- The Samek (lapps) -- A Chiefdom Of The Northern Yakuts -- The Decline Of The Yukagirs -- Shamanism And World View Of The Northern Evenks (tungus) -- The Arctic Bilateralism Of The Chukchi -- Aboriginal Subsistence Patterns Of The Athabascan Indians -- Social Structure And Kinship Terminology Of North Pacific Groups -- An Economic History Of The Kutchin -- The Northern Naskapi -- The Aleuts: Subarctic Islanders -- The Eskimos -- Modern Conditions [by] Nelson H. H. Graburn [and] B. Stephen Strong. Includes Bibliographies.