ABSTRACT

From The Two Worlds of the Washo: An Indian Tribe of California and Nevada, by James F. Downs. Copyright © 1966 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. James F. Downs, before becoming an anthropologist, worked as a newsman, horseman, and farmer. His professional anthropological experience includes field research among the Washo of California and Nevada and the Navajo of Arizona, and he has done research on Tibetan culture. He has taught at the Universities of Washington, Rochester, Wyoming, and Arizona.