Abstract
THIS study of the Yuman tribes of the Gila River, Arizona, is based upon field-work sponsored by Yale University and the University of Chicago. It is concerned primarily with the Maricopa, although the community since the beginning of the nineteenth century has been composite, the reason being that it has been Maricopa in speech and organisation since its formation. Little of ancient custom remains. The old outlook persists best in everyday behaviour, mannerisms, personal relations and speech. Few are Christians. The sib system, and its attendant naming habits, is the most flourishing part of the old thought system. Dr. Spier by his investigation makes a valuable addition to the excellent series of studies of the Indians of California and the adjacent south-west, for which the University of California has made itself responsible.
Yuman Tribes of the Gila River.
by Leslie Spier. (The University of Chicago Publications in Anthropology: Ethnological Series.) Pp. xviii + 433 + 15 plates. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press; London: Cambridge University Press, 1933.) 19s. net.
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Yuman Tribes of the Gila River . Nature 133, 743 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133743a0
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