History of research / E.S. Lohse and Roderick Sprague
Environment / James C. Chatters
Languages / M. Dale Kinkade, William W. Elmendorf, Bruce Rigsby, and Haruo Aoki
[pt. 2.] Prehistory: Prehistory: introduction / James C. Chatters and David L. Pokotylo
Prehistory of the Northern Plateau / David L. Pokotylo and Donald Mitchell
Prehistory of the Southern Plateau / Kenneth M. Ames, Don E. Dumond, Jerry R. Galm, and Rick Minor
Prehistory of the Eastern Plateau / Tom E. Roll and Steven Hackenberger
[pt. 3.] History: History until 1846 / Deward E. Walker, Jr. and Roderick Sprague
History since 1846 / Stephen Dow Beckham
[pt. 4.] The peoples: Lillooet / Dorothy I.D. Kennedy and Randall T. Bouchard
Shuswap / Marianne Boelscher Ignace
Kootenai / Bill B. Brunton
Northern Okanagan, Lakes, and Colville / Dorothy I.D. Kennedy and Randall T. Bouchard
Middle Columbia River Salishans / Jay Miller
Kalispel / Sylvester L. Lahren, Jr.
Flathead and Pend d'Oreille / Carling I. Malouf
Coeur d'Alene / Gary B. Palmer
Yakima and neighboring groups / Helen H. Schuster
Palouse / Roderick Sprague
Wasco, Wishram, and Cascades / David H. French and Katherine S. French
Western Columbia River Sahaptins / Eugene S. Hunn and David H. French
Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla / Theodore Stern
Nez Perce / Deward E. Walker, Jr.
Molala / Henry B. Zenk and Bruce Rigsby
Klamath and Modoc / Theodore Stern
[pt. 5.] Special topics: Demographic history until 1990 / Robert T. Boyd
Reservations and reserves / Sylvester L. Lahren, Jr.
Religious movements / Deward E. Walker, Jr. and Helen H. Schuster
Kinship, family, and gender roles / Lillian A. Ackerman
Ethnobiology and subsistence / Eugene S. Hunn, Nancy J. Turner, and David H. French
Music and dance / Loran Olsen
The stick game / Bill B. Brunton
Mythology / Rodney Frey and Dell Hymes
Basketry / Richard G. Conn and Mary Dodds Schlick
Fishing / Gordon W. Hewes
Columbia River trade network / Theodore Stern.
