Project Gutenberg 2013-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 1471 Boas, Franz 1858 1942 Boaz, Franz The Central Eskimo Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 399-670 Louise Hope and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Updated: 2023-01-10. Louise Hope and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Central Eskimo" by Franz Boas is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. It provides a comprehensive ethnographic account of the Central Eskimo tribes, focusing on their geography, distribution, and way of life. The book meticulously outlines the observations and collections made by the author during his journey to Cumberland Sound and Davis Strait, as well as accounts from other explorers. The opening of the text introduces the author’s journey and foundational observations about the Eskimo tribes. Boas explains that the work is primarily based on his own research, supplemented by existing reports from other travelers. He emphasizes the significance of geography in the distribution of these tribes and outlines the seasonal migrations that dictate their lifestyle, heavily reliant on the availability of seals and other marine life. The introduction sets up a detailed examination of the tribes, their customs, and their adaptations to the harsh northern environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Eskimos -- Canada Eskimos -- Music E011 Text Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 857180 2025-09-17T06:01:29.567342 text/html 838044 2023-01-10T13:16:03 text/html 3844736 2025-09-17T06:01:53.613232 application/epub+zip 3851815 2025-09-17T06:01:37.863275 application/epub+zip 356515 2025-09-17T06:01:32.598335 application/epub+zip 6472397 2025-09-17T06:02:02.102171 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6397942 2025-09-17T06:01:48.514227 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500161 2022-07-19T07:06:05.896271 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 676295 2025-09-17T06:01:26.029332 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 676257 2022-12-16T23:58:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18224 2025-09-17T06:02:02.279174 application/rdf+xml 11958 2025-09-17T06:01:33.263312 image/jpeg 3230 2025-09-17T06:01:32.959301 image/jpeg 237187 2022-12-16T23:59:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 23309953 2023-01-10T13:17:13 application/octet-stream application/zip 22483423 2025-09-17T06:01:30.971388 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia