This volume is one of a series of twenty-four from Time-Life Books that chronicles the history and culture of the Native Americans. Keepers of the Totem focuses on the indigenous people that occupied the narrow strip of coastline that stretched from the Yakutat Bay in southeastern Alaska, along  northern Washington State, to the Columbia River in Oregon.. Lavishly illustrated, it describes the diverse history, lifestyle, customs and cultures of the Suquamish, Duwampish, Salish, Makah, Kwakiutl, Nootka, Haida, Tsimshian and Tlingit peoples.

Contents

1
Legacy of the Raven
18

2
Links to the Supernatural
78

3
Encounters With the Iron People
134

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People of the Northwest
6
 Legacy of the Whale House
58
 The Venerable Potlatch
66
 The Villages Without Hope
114
Raising the Bear Pole
124
Odyssey by Canoe
174

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Collect all 24 volumes to complete the entire series!