Project Gutenberg 2004-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 135 Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy) 1840 1929 Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crecy) Yarrow, Harry Crécy Yarrow, Harry Creecy An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians Produced by Scott Pfenninger, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions "An Introduction to the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians" by Dr. H.C. Yarrow is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work aims to systematically explore and document the varied mortuary practices of Indigenous tribes across North America, highlighting the philosophical and social significance of these customs. The opening of the book presents a comprehensive introduction to Dr. Yarrow's research objectives and methodological approach. It emphasizes the importance of understanding mortuary customs as a reflection of cultural beliefs regarding life, death, and the afterlife among Native American tribes. Dr. Yarrow articulates plans to gather ethnographic data from firsthand observations and reliable accounts, categorizing practices such as burial methods, mourning rituals, and the treatment of the deceased. He notes the challenges in accessing truthful testimonies from Indigenous peoples while underscoring a commitment to objective analysis, aiming to provide a lasting scholarly resource that captures these practices before they are lost to the pressures of modernization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites E011 Text Archaeology Native America Category: History - American Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 319367 2025-07-03T07:45:25.181394 text/html 319188 2025-01-09T23:14:00.205278 text/html 214195 2025-07-03T07:45:32.310357 application/epub+zip 215089 2025-07-03T07:45:28.491374 application/epub+zip 190357 2025-07-03T07:45:27.290397 application/epub+zip 484215 2025-07-03T07:45:35.173342 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 466405 2025-07-03T07:45:31.504369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 417961 2022-09-03T12:00:17.863364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294789 2025-07-03T07:45:24.882402 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 289851 2020-12-29T17:41:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18207 2025-07-03T07:45:35.294334 application/rdf+xml 24245 2025-07-03T07:45:27.775352 image/jpeg 4392 2025-07-03T07:45:27.531351 image/jpeg 110770 2020-12-29T17:41:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 209355 2025-07-03T07:45:25.205392 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