Contents
Acknowledgments	x
Abbreviations	xi
Maps
 Principal Ethnolinguistic Groups of the Coastal 
Northwest	xii
 Major Tillamook Ethnolinguistic Subgroups	xiii
 Principal Nehalem Tillamook Villages in the Mid-Nineteenth Century	xiv
Editor's Introduction to The Nehalem Tillamook: 
An Ethnography	1
 The Tillamook
Rocking Chair Ethnography
History of Ethnographic and Linguistic Research on the Tillamook Indians
Jacobs's Tillamook Research in Comparative Perspective
Biographies
The Editor's Role in Transforming the Ethnography
Author's Introduction	62
1 Material Culture	67
Introduction
Houses
Canoes
Hunting
Cooking
Important Seasonal Foods
Body Decoration
Clothing
 Ceremonial Attire and Accessories
 The Shaman's Paraphernalia
 War Dress and Equipment
Natural Medicines and Hygiene
Miscellany
2 Social Organization	92
Introduction
Slaves and Slave Raiding
War Expeditions
Dispute Settlement
Headmen
Marriage and Sexuality
Wedding Arrangements and Ceremony
Polygyny
Extent of Levirate-Sororate
Child Betrothal
Behavior Toward In-Laws and Other Affines
Post-Menopause Sexuality
Transvestism
3 The Life Cycle	118
Birth, Infant Care, and Adolescence
 Babyland
 Pregnancy
 Wet Nurse
 Ear Piercing and Naming
 Care of Children
 Daily Round of a Child
 Adolescence
Death, Burial, Purification, and Mourning
 Death	
 Burial
 Reburial
 Purification
 Mourning
 Inheritance
4 Worldview and Ceremonial Expression	145
Introduction
Obtaining Guardian Spirit Powers
Shamans and Shamanism
 Procedures of a Drawing Doctor
 Sucking Doctors: Female
The Winter Dance
Spirit Doctors and the Spirit World
Two Spirit Doctors Known to Clara
General Notes on Shamans
The Love-Doctor
Guardian Spirit Powers
 Doctoring Powers
 Hunting Powers
 Wealth Powers
 Bird Powers
 Miscellaneous Powers
 Bad Powers
 Wild Woman and Insanity Concepts
 The Southwest Wind Dance
 Cosmology
 Sun and Moon
 Eclipses
 Solstices
 Stars
 Earth
 Weather
 The First Salmon Ceremony
 Treatment of Animals
5 Expressive Culture	202
Folklore
Music and Songs
 Lullaby
 Spirit Power Songs
 Fun Songs
Dreams
Games
Etiquette
Appendix 1: Northwest Coast Language Classification	212
Appendix 2: Biographical Notes on Tillamook Persons Discussed in the Ethnography
Appendix 3: Inventory of Jacobs's Nehalem Tillamook Sound Recordings
Appendix 4: A Guide to the Nehalem Tillamook Linguistic Transcriptions
Bibliography
Index
 

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Nehalem Indians History, Nehalem Indians Folklore, Nehalem Indians Social life and customs, Tillamook language Oregon Nehalem River Watershed, Nehalem River Watershed (Or, ) Social life and customs