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1, 146, ISBN 978-0-16-077511-6 Paleo-Indian Plant and Animal Resources Skeletal Biology and Population Size Human Biology Washburn, Wilcomb E. (1988), History of Indian-White Relations, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 852, ISBN 978-0-16-004583-7 National Policies Military Situation Political Relations Economic Relations Religious Relations Conceptual Relations Damas, David (1984), Arctic, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 845, ISBN 978-0-16-004580-6 Western Arctic Canadian Arctic Greenland The 1950-1980 Period Helm, June (1981), Subarctic, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 853, ISBN 978-0-16-004578-3 Subarctic Shield and Mackenzie Borderlands Subarctic Cordillera Alaska Plateau South of the Alaska Range Native Settlements Special Topics Suttles, Wayne (1990), Northwest Coast, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 793, ISBN 978-0-16-020390-9 History of Research History of Contact The Peoples Special Topics Heizer, Robert F. (1978), California, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 816, ISBN 978-0-16-004574-5 Ortiz, Alfonso (1979), Southwest, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 701, ISBN 978-0-16-004577-6, OCLC 26140053 Volume 9 covers the Pueblo tribes of the Southwest.
d'Azevedo, Warren L. (1986), Great Basin, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 868, ISBN 978-0-16-004581-3 Prehistory Ethnology History Special Topics Walker, Deward E. Jr. (1998), Plateau, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 807, ISBN 978-0-16-049514-4 Prehistory History The Peoples Special Topics DeMallie, Raymond J.
Prehistory History Prairie Plains High Plains Special Topics Fogelson, Raymond D. (2004), Southeast, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 1058, ISBN 978-0-16-072300-1 Regional Prehistory History Florida Atlantic Coastal Plain Interior Southeast Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coastal Plain Special Topics Trigger, Bruce G. (1978), Northeast, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 924, ISBN 978-0-16-004575-2 General Prehistory Coastal Region Saint Lawrence Lowlands Region Great Lakes-Riverine Region Goddard, Ives (1996), Languages, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, p. 958, ISBN 978-0-87474-197-1 The map "Native Languages and Language Families of North America" compiled by Ives Goddard is included in a pocket in the inside cover along with a small photographic reproduction of John Wesley Powell's 1891 map, "Linguistic Stocks of American Indians North of Mexico".