SIL Publications by Series
SIL International and the International Museum of Cultures Publications in Ethnography

African Friends and Money Matters: Observations from Africa by David E. Maranz, revised ed, PE 37, 2001, 237 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-117-6, $24.95

Discussion of the very different goals of African and Western economic systems and ninety observations of African behaviors related to money matters and the frictions which can result when Westerners misunderstand.

Cashibo Folklore and Culture: Prose, Poetry, and Historical Background by Lila Wistrand-Robinson, PE 34, 1998, 195 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-048-3, $30.50

Contains two sections: myths, legends and chants passed from father to son among the Cashibo; and a history of the Cashibo people and culture up to the mid-1960s.

The Drama of Life: A Study of Life Cycle Customs Among the Guambiano by Judy Branks and Juan B. Sánchez, PE 4, 2011, 120 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-153-5, $14.99

This book is a collection of dramatic life-stories from the viewpoint of a Guambiano master story-teller. The book is a fascinating read for anyone interested in native cultural studies.

Five Amazonian Studies on Worldview and Cultural Change edited by William R. Merrifield,PE 19, 1985, 100 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-174-0, $11.50

Presents studies focusing on world view and cultural change from five Amazonian communities. Documents some of the results of modernizing influences from the outside as well as some of the underlying ideologies used to interpret these influences.

Grafting Old Rootstock: Studies in Culture and Religion of the Chamba, Duru, Fula, and Gbaya of Cameroun ed by Noss, PE 14, 1982, 264 pp. 978-0-88312-165-8, $16.00

Studies the culture and religion of the Chamba, Duru, Gula and Gbaya of Cameroun.

Kinship and Social Organization in Irian Jaya edited by Joyce Sterner; Marilyn Gregerson, PE 32, 1997, 250 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-009-4, $29.50

Discusses how people in Irian Jaya coped with the forces that present both tension and stability as an essential part of their social fabric.

A Look at Filipino Lifestyles by Marvin K. Mayers, PE 8, 1980, 173 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-158-0, $16.00

Describes Filipino lifestyles and value systems from an anthropological perspective.

A Look at Latin American Lifestyles by Marvin K. Mayers, PE 2, 1982, 136 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-170-2, $13.00

Describes Latin American lifestyles and value systems from an anthropological perspective.

The Norsk Hostfest: A Celebration of Ethnic Food and Ethnic Identity, by Paul T Emch, PE 41, 2011, 122 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-265-4 $17.99

What does it mean to be Norwegian-American? This study, of interest to laymen and scholars alike, answers this question by examining the prominent traditions and functions of food at the annual Norsk Hostfest celebration held in Minot, North Dakota.

Nucleation in Papua New Guinea Cultures edited by Daniel D. Rath; Marvin K. Mayers, PE 23, 1988, 115 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-177-1, $23.50

Gives a collection of studies of Papua New Guinea cultures, each isolating one key concept that is believed to define the whole of that culture.

Our Company Increases Apace: History, Language, and Social Identity in Early Colonial Andover, Massachusetts by Elinor Abbot, PE 40, 2007, 279 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-169-5 $25.00

A new analysis of a famous and well-documented old New England town, Andover, Massachusetts. Using anthropological and linguistic approaches. It treats Andover's history from the settling company to the split in 1710.

Peace is Everything: The World View of Muslims and Traditionalists in the Senegambia by David E. Maranz, PE 28, 1993, 305 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-816-9 $32.95

Examines the culture of the Senegambia subregion in West Africa.

People of the Drum of God--Come! by Paul L. Neeley, PE 35, 1999, 310 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-013-1 $30.50

Draws from such diverse disciplines as sociolinguistics, anthropology, semiotics, cognition, aesthetics and ethnomusicology to make a contribution to our understanding of African culture and communication.

People of the Ucayali: The Shipibo and Conibo of Peru by Lucille Eakin; Erwin Lauriault; Harry Boonstra, IMC 12, 1986, 72 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-163-4 $9.00

Describes the cultures of two closely related language groups in the Peruvian Amazon: the Shipibo and Conibo.

Proto Otomanguean Kinship by William R. Merrifield, PE 11, 1981, 408 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-161-0, $22.00

Reconstructs the protolanguage of six languages found in Mexico.

Rituals and Relationships in the Valley of the Sun: The Ketengban of Irian Jaya by Anne Sims; Andrew Sims, PE 30, 1992, 171 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-271-6, $12.50

Looks at the culture of the Ketengban people (eastern highlands of Irian Jaya, Indonesia).

South American Kinship: Eight Kinship Systems from Brazil and Colombia edited by William R. Merrifield, PE 18, 1985, 128 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-173-3, $12.50

Studies representing the following languages: Paumarí, Cubeo, Tucano, Kayabí and Suruí, spoken in Brazil, and Coguí, Guahibo, and Coreguaje, spoken in Colombia.

Sticks and Straw: Comparative House Forms in Southern Sudan and Northern Kenya by Jonathan E. Arensen, PE 13, 1983, 146 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-164-1, $12.50

Describes and documents various indigenous house forms in the southern Sudan and northern Kenya area in order to gain insights into the lives of the people who build them. Formulates reasons as to why people build their houses in the ways they do.

A Tale of Pudicho's People: Cashinahua Accounts of European Contacts in the Twentieth Century, by R. Montag, PE 38, 2002, 181 pp. ISBN 978-1-55671-131-2, $20.00

First-hand Cashinahua account of boyhood experiences, the migration of the group and recent happenings by Pudicho, a retired headman.

Tales from Indochina edited by Carol Zylstra; Doris Blood; Dorothy Thomas; Marilyn Gregerson, PE 21, 1987, 124 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-169-6, $11.50

This volume contains a selection of folktales collected in Vietnam from 1960 to 1975. The minority groups whose oral literature were selected for this volume also contrasts in their basic forms of social organization as reflected in the tales themselves.

The Value of the Person in the Guahibo Culture by Marcelino Sosa, PE 36, 2000, 158 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-085-8 $20.00

Describes the ever-increasing penetration of the majority culture among the Guahibo (eastern Colombia).

A View from the Islands: The Samal of Tawi-Tawi by Karen J. Allison, PE 15, 1984, 50 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-168-9, $7.50

Interprets and molds five presuppositions of the Samal world view and certain related values through three coordinate systems presented in the culture: religions and supernatural, social and economic.

What Place for Hunter-Gatherers in Millennium Three? by T. Headland and D. Blood, PE 39, 2002, 130 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-132-9, $19.50

Case studies looking at the past and the uncertain future for post-foraging societies and specifically the central African Pygmies, the San Bushmen and the Agta Negritos.