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The Culture and Acculturation of the Delaware Indians
William W. Newcomb, Jr.
In 1951 and 1952, William W. Newcomb, Jr. visited the Delaware people of Oklahoma in order to write an ethnographic study of the tribe. He discusses the origins and linguistic affiliations of the Delaware, their social systems, economic and material culture, and religion and folklore, as well as the process of acculturation and assimilation that took place after European contact.
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Preface
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Contents
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Part I. Early Historic Delaware Culture
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I. Delaware Origins and Affiliations
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Delaware Prehistory: a Summary
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Traditional Origins
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The Location and Divisions of the Early Historic Delawares
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Linguistic Affiliations
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Population in the Seventeenth Century
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II. The Reconstruction of Delaware Culture
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Introduction
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Delaware Technology
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Delaware Economics
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Material Culture
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III. Delaware Sociology
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Life Cycle
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Kin Groups
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Social Control
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War
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IV. Delaware Ideology
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Religion and Magic
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Folklore
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Summary of Delaware Culture
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Part II. Delaware Culture Change
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V. Delaware Acculturation
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The Contact Period (1524-1690)
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The Period of Consolidation (1690-1750)
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Nativistic Period (1750-1814)
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Decadent Period (1814-1867)
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VI. Delaware Assimilation
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Settlement Pattern
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Technological Assimilation
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Sociological Assimilation
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Religious Assimilation
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Linguistic Assimilation
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Pan-Indiansim
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Summary and Analysis of Delaware Acculturation
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Appendix
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Literature Cited
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Published: 1956
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- 978-1-949098-33-4 (paper)
- 978-1-951519-57-5 (ebook)