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Download this eBook Family origin histories
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Family origin histories


Edward Sapir , Morris Swadesh , John Thomas , Alexander Thomas


Nuu-chah-nulth “family histories” are actually tribal histories since their idea of family encompasses the tribe. Eighteen such histories are presented here, chronicling the origins and resources of a number of tribal families. In lieu of written records, these oral...

Publication date: 2009-01-01
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Publisher: Mercury-Mercure
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Origin of the wolf ritual


Edward Sapir , Morris Swadesh , John Thomas , Alexander Thomas


This last segment of the Sapir-Thomas Nootka texts includes three first-hand accounts of the Tlkwa:na, or Wolf Ritual, a principal ceremony of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations of the West Coast of Vancouver Island. The ritual, which takes several days to enact, is...

Publication date: 2007-01-01
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Legendary hunters


Edward Sapir , Morris Swadesh , John Thomas , Alexander Thomas


Legendary Hunters features twenty-eight accounts of traditional hunting life among the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) peoples of Canada’s West Coast. Drawn from a collection of oral history gathered between 1910 and 1923, these narratives present a vivid portrait of whaling...

Publication date: 2003-01-01
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Tales of extraordinary experience


Edward Sapir , Morris Swadesh , John Thomas , Alexander Thomas


These Tales of Extraordinary Experience detail encounters with spirit-beings and other supernatural occurrences, as related by the Nuu-Chah-Nulth of Vancouver Island’s west coast. They were recorded primarily in the area of Port Alberni between 1910 and 1923 by the...

Publication date: 2000-01-01
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