The Ethnology of the Salinan Indians

The Ethnology of the Salinan Indians by John Alden Mason is a foundational study of one of California's lesser-known Indigenous peoples — a meticulous and compassionate reconstruction of the culture, language, and traditions of the Salinan Nation, whose ancestral lands stretch across the central coast between the Salinas and San Antonio rivers. Originally published in 1912 as part of the University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Mason's monograph remains a...