Washo research papers, 1902-1998.

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Washo research papers, 1902-1998.

Research papers related to Washoe Indians of Nev. and Calif., accumulated over 5 decades of field research and scholarship, focusing on social organization, distribution, ethnohistory, arts, religion, and language. Includes information compiled by his graduate students and anthropologists Stanley Barrett, Grace M. Dangberg, J.W. Hudson, S.L. Lee, Susan Lindstrom; and audio taped interviews with and story-telling by Roy James, Hank Pete, Barton John, George Snooks, and others. Includes the topics of tribal government; land tenure; social life and customs; religion; fishing; cemeteries and burials in the Carson Valley, Nev. and at Lake Tahoe, Calif.; cultural resources; Antelope Valley, Calif., and ethnology by early scholars. Includes photos and audio tapes. Some materials retained by the donor for transfer in the future.

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d'Azevedo, Warren L.

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Warren L. d'Azevedo joined the faculty of the University of Nevada in 1963. The anthropology department was initiated under joint sponsorship with the Desert Research Institute. Originally combined with the psychology department and the sociology department, it became separate in 1963, but still received a joint position with the Desert Research Institute. In 1967, the anthropology department was established and d'Azevedo was appointed the first chairman. From the description of Coll...

LindstroĢˆm, Susan

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James, Roy

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Barrett, Stanley R.

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Hudson, J. W., DDS

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Lee, S. L. (Anthropologist)

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Snooks, George.

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Pete, Hank.

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Dangberg, Grace

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John, Barton.

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