The whaling Indians : legendary hunters / by Edward Sapir, Morris Swadesh, Alexander Thomas, John Thomas and Frank Williams.
TITLE:
The whaling Indians : legendary hunters / by Edward Sapir, Morris Swadesh, Alexander Thomas, John Thomas and Frank Williams.
By:
Publication Date:
2004
Publication Information:
Gatineau, Que. : Canadian Museum of Civilization,
Volume:
139
Physical Description:
431 p. : ill., maps.
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.
