Standing up with Ga'axsta'las : Jane Constance Cook and the politics of memory, church, and custom / Leslie A. Robertson and the Kwagu' Gixsam clan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robertson, Leslie A., 1962-

Series:

Women and Indigenous Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cook, Jane Constance, 1870-1951.

Cook, Jane Constance.

Women--British Columbia--Biography.

Women.

Potlatch--British Columbia.

Potlatch.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 569 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2012.

Summary:

A stirring portrait of a controversial Kwakwaka'wakw leader and the efforts of her descendants to reconcile a difficult history in the hopes of forging a positive cultural identity for future generations.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Introduction: "Having Oneness on Your Face"

Part I: The Living Text: Traces of Jane Cook

Part II: Dukwa'esala (Looking Around on the Beach): Ancestors

Part III: Stranger Than Fiction: Surviving the Missionary

Part IV: "Children of the Potlatch System," 1888-1912

Part V: "We As the Suppressed People," 1913-18

Part VI: "We Are the Aboriginee, Which Is Not a Citizen," 1918-27

Part VII: "With the Potlatch Custom in My Blood," 1930-39

Part VIII: One Voice from Many: Citizenship, 1940-48

Part IX: A Tower of Strength: Word Memorials, 1951

Dłaxw'it'sine' (For Your Standing), Feasting

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-7748-2386-0

OCLC:

923449260