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Author Wickwire, Wendy C., author

Title At the bridge : James Teit and an anthropology of belonging / Wendy Wickwire
Published Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1 Missing in History; 2 Boats, Trains, Horses; 3 Dear Auld Rock; 4 Encounter; 5 Paper Mountain; 6 Dwelling; 7 Capital of Resistance; 8 The Indians' Agent; 9 NOttawa; 10 Farewell Coyote, Hello Jack; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Author
Summary "Every once in a while, an important historical figure makes an appearance, makes a difference, and then disappears from the public record. James Teit (1864-1922) was such a figure. A prolific ethnographer and tireless Indian rights activist, Teit spent four decades helping British Columbia's Indigenous peoples in their challenge of the settler-colonial assault on their lives and territories. Yet his story is little known. At the Bridge chronicles Teit's fascinating story. From his base at Spences Bridge, British Columbia, Teit practised a participant- and place-based anthropology - an anthropology of belonging - that covered much of BC and northern Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Whereas his contemporaries, including famed anthropologist Franz Boas, studied Indigenous peoples as the last survivors of "dying cultures" in need of preservation in metropolitan museums, Teit worked with them as members of living cultures actively asserting jurisdiction over their lives and lands. Whether recording stories and songs, mapping place-names, or participating in the Chiefs' fight for fair treatment, he made their objectives his own. With his allies, he produced copious, meticulous records; an army of anthropologists could not have achieved a fraction of what Teit achieved in his short life. Wendy Wickwire's beautifully crafted narrative accords Teit the status he deserves. At the Bridge serves as a long-overdue corrective, consolidating Teit's place as a leading and innovative anthropologist in his own right."-- Provided by publisher
Analysis Anthropologists
British Columbia
Ethnologists
Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs
Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 26, 2019)
Subject Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922.
SUBJECT Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922 fast
Subject Ethnologists -- British Columbia -- Biography
Anthropologists -- British Columbia -- Biography
Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Anthropologists
Ethnologists
Indigenous peoples -- Social life and customs
British Columbia
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0774861533
9780774861533