Lucy Thompson, born at Pecwan village on the Klamath River and trained from childhood by her father in the sacred laws of her people, sets out to correct what outsiders had guessed about them. She describes Yurok villages, marriage law, the jump and deerskin dances, salmon fishing, trails and place names, and the changes brought by white settlement.
A rare 1916 account of California Native life written from the inside, by a woman of high rank in her own tribe. Download the free EPUB.