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Visitors who never left : the origin of the people of Damelahamid / translated and arr. by Kenneth B. Harris ; in collaboration with Frances M. P. Robinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gitxsan mythology.
- Gitxsan Indians--Folklore.
- Gitxsan Indians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (172 pages) : illustrations, plates
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Vancouver] : University of British Columbia Press, c1974.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- These legends, translated by Chief Kenneth Harris, tell of the origin of the Native people who live in the region between the Skeena and Nass rivers of British Columbia. Other stories tell of occurrences particularly significant in the 'history' of the people -- the origins of the 'Killer Whale' and 'Thunderbird Twtjea-adku,' and the revenge of 'Medeek,' the great bear who rose from the lake to punish people for breaking 'the law.'
- Contents:
- Intro; CONTENTS; Pierre Elliott Trudeau; INTRODUCTION; FOREWORD; PHOTOGRAPHS; STORY ONE: IN THE BEGINNING; STORY TWO: PEOPLE OF DAMELAHAMID; STORY THREE: PEOPLE OF DAMELAHAMID; STORY FOUR: MOVE TO KITSEKUCLA; STORY FIVE: THE ORIGIN OF THE THUNDERBIRD, TWE TJEA-ADKU; STORY SIX: THE ORIGIN OF THE KILLER WHALE; STORY SEVEN: THE ORIGIN OF WEEGET AND QUISKEN; STORY EIGHT: HOW THE PEOPLE OF DAMELAHAMID FIRST BROUGHT THEIR FORM OF CIVILIZATION TO THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS; CONCLUSION; GLOSSARY; MAJOR SOURCES; The Two Villages; The Two Survivors and the Search for a Husband
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliography: p. 139.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-22690-1
- 9786613226907
- 0-7748-5799-4
- OCLC:
- 923445578
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