The Shasta Indians of California and Their Neighbors by Elizabeth Renfro - 1992

Happy Camp, California: Naturegraph Pub. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1992. Trade Paperback. 9780879612214 . The book has light edge wear, a readers crease to the front cover, else a tight clean very good to near fine copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 126 pages . Trade Paperback.; Richly illustrated with black and white photos, maps and pencil line drawings. This informative and sensitively-written book tells the history of the Shastan contact with white civilization and much of what has been learned about their original culture. Among other things, Shastan origins, community life, subsistence activities, crafts, shamanism, mythology and philosophy, ceremonies, and family and community customs and laws are explained. The Shasta Indians dwelled in relative peace with their neighbors for untold generations until the miners and settlers arrived and utterly disrupted their way of life. Under the shadow of sacred Mount Shasta, or Wyeka, the unique Shastan culture had flourished. Origins, community life, subsistence activities, ceremonies, marriage, birth and death are carefully explained.; R. J. Sheppard .