Introduction / Ralph Linton -- The Puyallup of Washington / Marian W. Smith -- The White Knife Shoshoni of Nevada / J. S. Harris -- The southern Ute of Colorado / M. K. Opler -- The northern Arapoho of Wyoming / Henry Elkin -- The Fox of Iowa / Natalie F. Joffe -- The Alkatcho Carrier of British Columbia / Irving Goldman -- The San Ildefonso of New Mexico / William Whitman -- Acculturation and the processes of culture change /Ralph Linton -- The processes of culture transfer / Ralph Linton -- The distinctive aspects of acculturation / Ralph Linton/