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Title Vanishing peoples of the earth / Foreword by Leonard Carmichael ; Produced by the National Geographic Special Publications Division.

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Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1968.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	910.03174 V319	---	Available

Description	207 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.
Series	[National geographic special publications]
	National Geographic books.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 206).
Contents	Vanishing cultures mirror the yesterdays of man -- Lapps in a modern world face timeless realities -- Bushmen: Gentle Nomads of Africa's harsh Kalahari -- Nilgiri peoples of India: An end to old ties -- Mysterious "Sky People": Japan's dwindling Ainu -- Australian Aborgines: Blending past and present -- Indomitable Eskimo: Master of a frozen world -- Indians of Central Brazil: Struggle to survive -- Hopis: "Peaceful Ones" confront the 20th Century -- New Guinea's fierce Asmat: Heritage of headhunting.
Summary	Includes chapters on the Lapps and Eskimos.
Subject	Ethnology -- Pictorial works.
Added Author	National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division.