Hamatsa
The Enigma of Cannibalism on the Pacific NW Coast
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
The first book-length study of whether cannibalism existed on the Pacific Northwest coast. McDowell shows how a "cannibal complex" among Westerners coloured many early accounts of "man-eating," and how this perception obscured the importance of ritual cannibalism in the secret Hamatsa ceremony—a crucial feature of Native spirituality.