Download or read book Clans and Moieties in Southern California (Classic Reprint) written by Edward Winslow Gifford and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Clans and Moieties in Southern California The Northern and Southern Dieguefio lack totemic clans, although they possess groups which may be considered as non-totemic, localized clans, as will be pointed out later. The Diegueno, particularly the Northern, were long Under the control of the Franciscan missionaries, many being taken to the mission at San Diego. The Colorado River tribes were not subject to mission influence and doubtless to-day present a more complete picture of their aboriginal culture than do the Dieguefio. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.