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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo06amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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58 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL THE SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS OF THE JESUP NORTH PACIFIC EXPEDITION. ijURING the year 1905 several important parts of the scientific results of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition were published under the editor- ship of Professor Franz Boas, who has had the direction of all the work. Volume III, Part 3. Kwakiutl Texts. By Franz Boas and George Hunt. This number closes the volume containing* the Kwakiutl texts recorded by Mr. George Hunt and revised and edited by Professor Boas. The volume is almost entirely devoted to. traditions relating to the ceremonies and the families of this important group of Indians. These traditions, which are numerous, are remarkably uniform, and they explain the large collection of ceremonial objects collected for the Mu- seum. The traditions resemble those of the coast tribes living farther north, and they account for family and tribal privileges. The style of the text is diffuse, but has been preserved because the stories contain many data relating to the every-day life of the tribe. Volume V, Part i. Contributions to the Ethnology of the Haida. By John R. Swanton. Dr. Swanton's work among the Haida of the Queen Charlotte Islands was undertaken in co-operation with the United States Bureau of Ethnology with the understanding that the ethno- logical results were to be published by the Jesup North Pacific Expedition. The deities of the Haida are divided into two groups in the same way as the tribe themselves; those of the Raven and the Eagle. Regarding the tribal clans the interesting conclusion is reached that according to the ideas of the Haida the Raven clan is indigenous to the islands, while the Eagle clan may possibly be descendants of emigrants from the main land. The principal crests of the families, which represent certain prerogatives, are for the Raven clan, the killer whale and grisly bear, for the Eagle clan, the eagle and the beaver. Some of the totem poles which are such a familiar sight to tourists in

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