Author tells the story of her people from the time of great flood, contact with Europeans and settlement of the treaties. Concludes with a phonetic and pictoral alphabet.
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures
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Peter H. Stephenson
Steven Acheson
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Focuses on the peoples of the northern area of the Northwest Coast including Alaska, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
Chapter from Volume 2 of Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures edited by Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember.
British Columbia Historical Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 1 & 2, Jan. - Apr. 1954, pp. 29-102
Description
Looks at the culture of the Straits tribes, contact with the Europeans from 1790 and focuses on subsistence, government, religion and marriage of the Lummi.
Scroll down to page 29 to read article.
Physical Characteristics of the Tribes of the North Pacific Coast
Third Report on the Indians of British Columbia
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Author/Creator
Franz Boas
Daniel Wilson
Description
Committee of Dr. E.B. Tylor, G.W. Bloxam, Sir Danel Wilson, Dr. G.M. Dawson and R.G. Haliburton appointed to investigate the physical characters, languages, and industrial and social condition of the people in what is now British Columbia.
American Anthropologist, vol. 27, no. 1, New Series, January-March 1925, pp. 116-121
Description
Information from two Nuxalk men, Captain Schooner and Joshua Moody in Chinook jargon, about magic and medicine of plants and animals including negative powers of a "bad box."
Broad cultural overview of the Tlingit peoples including location, history, oral history, language, housing, clothing, healing practices, and social customs. Also includes brief bibliography.