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Takhoma.


Takhoma

Allan H. Smith

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Takhoma: Ethnography ethnography: see anthropology; ethnology.
ethnography

Descriptive study of a particular human society. Contemporary ethnography is based almost entirely on fieldwork.
 Of Mount Rainier National Park Mount Rainier National Park (rānēr`, rə–), 235,625 acres (95,395 hectares), SW Wash., in the Cascade Range; est. 1899. The area is dominated by Mt. Rainier, a volcanic peak 14,410 ft (4,392 m) high.  is a scholarly compilation and record of the archaeological past and ethnographic study of Mount Rainier A format for providing platform interoperability and native OS support for CD-RW and DVD+RW disks. The "MRW" or "CD-MRW" format enables files to be saved to RW disks as if they were hard disks (from any Save dialog or dragged and dropped). , also known as "Takhoma". Drawing upon both pre-existing data and literature concerning Mount Rainier and extensive interviews with elderly Native Americans, Takhoma covers native toponymy, tribal identities and boundaries, camp sites and structures, native trails, and trade. Black-and-white maps and extensive notes round out this scholarly, in-depth reference written with an eye toward completeness and accuracy.
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Title Annotation:Takhoma: Ethnography of Mount Rainier National Park
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Date:Oct 1, 2006
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