The "High Country": A Summary of New Data Relating to the Significance of Certain Properties in the Belief Systems of Northwestern California Indians

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Title

The "High Country": A Summary of New Data Relating to the Significance of Certain Properties in the Belief Systems of Northwestern California Indians

Description

This document is a study created by Thomas Buckley, a cultural anthropologist working under a private contract for the USDA Forest Service. The purpose of the contract was to aid the forest service in identifying cultural significant areas in the Chimney Rock section of the Gasquet Orleans Road.

Creator

Thomas Buckley

Source

U.C. Davis Special Collections

Publisher

USDA Forest Service

Date

08/1976

Relation

See item 21 Buckley Collection for original copy.
See item 22 Buckley Collection Review of Buckley's report.

Format

21.59cm x 27.94cm

Language

English

Extent

23 Pages

Identifier

D-334 David Risling Papers 7268
Box 33

Table Of Contents

I. Introduction 1
II. Difficulties in Determining 2
A. History 2
B. Reticence of native informants 2
III. New Information on High Country Usage 6
A. Male Practitioners 6
B. Diversity of sites 9
C. Symbolic and social importance of High Country and High Men 10
IV. Significant Attributes of the High Country 10
A. Solitude and privacy 12
B. Visual and aural 13
C. Mythological aspects 15
D. Geographic and geological aspects 16
E. Aesthetic aspects 17
G. Contemporary ideological aspects 18

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Citation

Thomas Buckley , “The "High Country": A Summary of New Data Relating to the Significance of Certain Properties in the Belief Systems of Northwestern California Indians,” The Gasquet Orleans Road, accessed May 8, 2024, https://goroad.omeka.net/items/show/204.