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

Creator

Thomas Buckley

Source

Humboldt State Special Collections

Publisher

U.S.D.A. Forest Service

Date

1973

Format

21.59cm x 27.94cm

Language

English

Extent

28 Pages

Identifier

Buckley 2001.04 Box 2 File 2

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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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 3, 2024, https://goroad.omeka.net/items/show/21.