Description |
1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits |
Contents |
Preface / Sm'ooygit Hannamauxw -- Key Events in the Gitksan Encounter with the Colonial World / James A. McDonald, Jennifer Joseph -- Note on the Orthography Used by William Beynon in the Notebooks -- Place Names in the Notebooks -- List of Names for Each Village by Clan -- Naxnox Names and Performances -- Other Gitksan Terms in the Texts -- Names of the Poles -- Types of Contributions -- Types of Events -- Types of Songs |
Summary |
"William Beynon's notebooks are among the most significant written records of Northwest coast potlatching and are an unsurpassed resource documenting these activities among the Gitksan. This rare, first-hand, ethnographic account of a potlatch reveals the wonderful complexities of the events the took place in Gitsegukla in 1945"--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Beynon, William, 1888-1958 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc
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SUBJECT |
Beynon, William, 1888-1958. fast (OCoLC)fst01471369 |
Subject |
Potlatch -- British Columbia
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Gitxsan Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
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Gitxsan Indians -- Social life and customs
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HISTORY -- Native American.
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Gitxsan Indians -- Social life and customs.
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Potlatch.
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Potlatch
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Potlatch.
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Tsimshian.
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British Columbia.
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Kitksan.
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Genre/Form |
Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Anderson, Margaret
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Halpin, Marjorie M., 1937-
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ISBN |
9780774852166 |
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077485216X |
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