Description: Volume 138 in The Civilization of the American Indian Series. A history of the trade and culture of the Chinook Indians before and during the first European settlement, and also dealing with the consequces of new diseases, alcohol, and intertribal warfare that led to the tribe's near extinction, and the current revival of tribal traditions and history. Blue boards with white titling on spine,t, bright green endpapers, thirty-nine black and white illustrations and two maps, bibliography and index. Minor wear to corners and bottom edges. Dust jacket, which is price-clipped, has edge wear and a small closed tear to front top of dust jacket. Page 220 has a two inch by one inch open tear in the middle of the page, otherwise book is in very good condition. 349 pages.