Indians of Southern California by Underhill, Ruth - 1941

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1941. Staplebound Wraps. Good. Velino Herrera. Wide 8vo, 73 pp., photos, line illus. Highlighting on two pages only. Lacks map.

Washington, DC: Branch of Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1941 Branch of Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, Washington, DC. 1941. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the half title page. Book Condition: Near Fine; light rubbing to lower front tip; small scrapes to front wrap. No DJ. Printed card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is secure in saddle staples; text is secure in binding. 73 pp 4to. The original Southern California Indian tribes have been given Spanish names associated with the Missions built for them and many tribes are extinct. This paper treats of the most important tribes still identifiable and retaining some tribal life, language and customs. These are the Luiseno, Cahuilla, Serrano, Cupeno Dieguerio. They stretch in an east and west line from the Pacific across the mountains to the desert that borders the Colorado River. This book… Read More

Lawrence, KS: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1951. Paperback. Edited by Willard W. Beatty. Small 4to. Stiff tan laminated wrappers. 73pp. Illustrations, line drawings. Very good. Later printing of this volume in the "Indian Life and Customs" series -- mild ex-library, with relatively few markings.

Washington. : Department of the Interior., nd.. First edition. . Soft cover. . Fine copy. . 4to.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

Bureau of Indian Affairs, no date. very good condition in wrappers.