Tsimshian Narratives Volume 2

Author : Marius Barbeau
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 1772824267
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tsimshian narratives: volume 2 written by Marius Barbeau and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These oral histories, collected by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon from the Pacific Northwest reflect the Tsimshian relationship with the environment, their understanding of the spiritual universe and their interpretation of the physical world.

Author : John J. Cove
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tsimshian Narratives: Trade and warfare written by John J. Cove and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of oral narratives from the Tsimshian Indians of the west coast of British Columbia around Prince Rupert, is illustrated with early photographs and maps, and reflects the close relationship of these people with their environment.

Author : Jerome S. Cybulski
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 1772821543
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Northern Northwest Coast Prehistory written by Jerome S. Cybulski and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen scientists provide insight into the archaeology of the north coast of British Columbia in celebration of fieldwork begun by George F. MacDonald for the National Museum of Canada in 1966. This book investigates paleoenvironmental influences on human settlement, theoretical concepts involved in northern Northwest Coast research, and the interplay of aboriginal oral traditions and archaeological findings.

Author : Marjorie M. Halpin
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774842504
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Potlatch at Gitsegukla written by Marjorie M. Halpin and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Beynon was born in 1888 in Victoria to a Welsh father and a Tsimshian mother. He was an accomplished ethnographer and had a long career documenting the traditions of the Tsimshian, Nisga'a, and Gitksan. In 1945 he attended and actively participated in five days of potlatches and totem pole raisings at Gitksan village of Gitsegukla. There he compiled four notebooks containing detailed and often verbatim information about the events he witnessed. For over 50 years these notebooks have seen limited circulation among specialists, who have long recognized them as the most perceptive and complete account of potlatching ever recorded.

Author : Jean Gail Mulder
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520097889
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ergativity in Coast Tsimshian (Sm'algya̲x) written by Jean Gail Mulder and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 00 This work examines the morphological and syntactic dimensions of ergativity (i.e., an intransitive subject is treated in the same manner as a transitive object and differently from the transitive subject) in Coast Tsimshian (Sm'algyax). This language is very highly morphologically ergative and the distribution of ergativity is conditioned by several different factors that are related through their coding of transitivity. Syntactically, the language is not highly ergative, but none of the cross-linguistic definitions of subject can account for the ergativity that does exist. This work examines the morphological and syntactic dimensions of ergativity (i.e., an intransitive subject is treated in the same manner as a transitive object and differently from the transitive subject) in Coast Tsimshian (Sm'algyax). This language is very highly morphologically ergative and the distribution of ergativity is conditioned by several different factors that are related through their coding of transitivity. Syntactically, the language is not highly ergative, but none of the cross-linguistic definitions of subject can account for the ergativity that does exist.

Author : Christopher Knüsel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134677979
Total Pages : 753 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Human Conflict written by Christopher Knüsel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If human burials were our only window onto the past, what story would they tell? Skeletal injuries constitute the most direct and unambiguous evidence for violence in the past. Whereas weapons or defenses may simply be statements of prestige or status and written sources are characteristically biased and incomplete, human remains offer clear and unequivocal evidence of physical aggression reaching as far back as we have burials to examine. Warfare is often described as ‘senseless’ and as having no place in society. Consequently, its place in social relations and societal change remains obscure. The studies in The Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Human Conflict present an overview of the nature and development of human conflict from prehistory to recent times as evidenced by the remains of past people themselves in order to explore the social contexts in which such injuries were inflicted. A broadly chronological approach is taken from prehistory through to recent conflicts, however this book is not simply a catalogue of injuries illustrating weapon development or a narrative detailing ‘progress’ in warfare but rather provides a framework in which to explore both continuity and change based on a range of important themes which hold continuing relevance throughout human development.

Author : Wendy Mitchinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780774732925
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canadian Women written by Wendy Mitchinson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : P. Dawn Mills
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 1895830583
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book For Future Generations written by P. Dawn Mills and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...For Future Generations exemplifies Dr. Mills' ongoing commitment to reconciliation and her motivation to provide a model for collaborative land use planning and management between the Crown and Aboriginal people." -Don Ryan, Hanamuxw, from the foreword. Relying extensively on the court transcripts from Delgam'Uukw v. British Columbia, her own research, and material provided by the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs' office, Dawn Mills paints a compelling picture of the Gitxsan relationship to the land and their community, and their court battle all the way to Canada's Supreme Court to prove their Aboriginal right to land and self-government. Contrary to the position taken by many legal scholars, Mills argues that the trial judgement in the Delgam'Uukw opened up new opportunities for First Nations people to present evidence based on oral traditions that had not been previously accepted by the courts. While the book focuses on the judgments rendered in the Gitxsan's struggle in the courts and an analysis of the judgments and strategies utilized, it is more than a law book. Written to appeal to a wide audience, Dawn Mills passionately shows how reconciliation can be achieved between Canada's First Nations and the various levels of government. The lessons to be learned from this book can be applied equally to all Indigenous communities in Canada and elsewhere.

Author : Peter Dormer
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719046186
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Culture of Craft written by Peter Dormer and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dormer presents a series of lively, clearly argued discussions about the relevance of handicraft in a world whose aesthetics and design are largely determined by technology. The question of computer aided design in craft is also addressed.

Author : Jean Barman
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1550178970
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Cusp of Contact written by Jean Barman and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-28 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The ways in which we can redress the past are many and varied,” writes Jean Barman, “and it is up to each of us to act as best we can.” The seventeen essays collected here, originally published between 1996 and 2013, make a valuable contribution toward this laudable goal. With a wide range of source material, from archival and documentary sources to oral histories, Barman pieces together stories of individuals and groups disadvantaged in white settler society because of their gender, race and/or social class. Working to recognize past actors that have been underrepresented in mainstream histories, Barman’s focus is BC on “the cusp of contact.” The essays in this collection include fascinating, though largely forgotten, life stories of the frontier—that space between contact and settlement, where, for a brief moment, anything seemed possible. This volume, featuring over thirty archival photographs and illustrations, makes these important and very readable essays accessible to a broader audience for the first time.