The whaling Indians : legendary hunters / by Edward Sapir, Morris Swadesh, Alexander Thomas, John Thomas and Frank Williams.
The whaling Indians : legendary hunters / by Edward Sapir, Morris Swadesh, Alexander Thomas, John Thomas and Frank Williams.
By
:
Sapir, Edward.
Publication Date
:
2004
Publication Information
:
Gatineau, Que. : Canadian Museum of Civilization,
Volume
:
139
Physical Description
:
431 p. : ill., maps.
Subject Term
:
Nootka Indians -- Folklore.
Nootka language -- Texts.
Whalers (Persons) -- Folklore.
Whaling -- Folklore.
Tales -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island.
Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Folklore.
Series
:
MERCURY SERIES
ETHNOLOGY PAPER (CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION) ;
SAPIR-THOMAS NOOTKA TEXTS ;
MERCURY SERIES.
Summary
:
The Whaling Indians features 28 accounts of traditional hunting life among the Nuu-chah-nulth drawn from a collection of oral history gathered between 1910 and 1923. They outline methods of hunting humpback and gray whales and the preparatory rituals that helped guarantee success.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780660191676
General Note
:
West Coast Legends and Stories. Part 9 of the Sapir-Thomas Nootka Texts.
Language Note
:
Text in English and Nookta ; abstract in French.
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number |
|---|
| Cartwright | Adult NFic Ref | Adult Non-Fiction Reference | 398.2089 SA6 |
| Corner Brook | Adult NFic Ref | Adult Non-Fiction Reference | 398.2089 SA6 |
| Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult NFic Ref | Adult Non-Fiction Reference | 398.2089 SA6 |
| L'Anse Au Loup | Adult NFic Ref | Adult Non-Fiction Reference | 398.2089 SA6 |
| Port Saunders | Adult NFic Ref | Adult Non-Fiction Reference | 398.2089 SA6 |
| St. Anthony | Adult NFic Ref | Adult Non-Fiction Reference | 398.2089 SA6 |