A vital collection of writings about First Nations people and culture as it existed in the Depression-era Pacific Northwest.
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- Includes bibliographical references
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.1/20049794
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-bc
- ISBN
- 9781459313200 9780889225558
- LCCN
- E99.S21
- LCCN Item number
- C79 2007eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (352 p.)
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- Canada
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00214507 (OCoLC)752412656 (CaOOCEL)409441
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Table of Contents 10
- Acknowledgments 14
- A Note on Orthography 16
- Introduction 18
- Xulqalustun: A Friend of Governor Douglas, Part I 56
- Xulqalustun, Part II 59
- Xulqalustun, Part III 62
- Xulqalustun, Part IV 65
- Xulqalustun, Part V 69
- Xulqalustun, Part VI 71
- Siamtunaat’s Recipe 77
- Siamtunaat’s Potlatch 81
- The Wedding of Ellen and Jimmy Joe 85
- Medicine Men—Indian Doctors 89
- The Healing of Louie Chuhaasteenxun 93
- The End of Tsilamunthut 97
- The Ceremony of the Singing Name 101
- Gold at Cowichan 106
- Ye Olde and Merrie Game of X’atl’tul’ 109
- The Cowichan—Bella-Bella Feuds 113
- The Fish Charmer 118
- The Woman Who Was Made Wrong 122
- Legends Attached to Names of Cowichan Villages 125
- The Island of Xulel-thw 130
- Siamtunaat’s Story 134
- Indian Games 139
- The Last Big Fight of the Cowichans 142
- Baby That Brought Peace and Friendship 146
- The Haida Slave 150
- The Good Priest, Father Rondeault 154
- Xwult’up—The Flying Spirit-Men 158
- Loxa, Chief of the Cowichans 163
- The Death of Sch-Lunas 168
- Qwulsteynum’s Reminiscences 172
- Xeel’s—The Sun God 176
- The Burial of Tsa’athmun 179
- Iichnawmukw”s Story 183
- Ki’et’sa’kun of Nanaimo 187
- Origin of the Snuneymuxw 194
- Sch-Weys, the Shaman 200
- Origin of the Solexwel Totem 204
- Last Fight of theTl’eeltxw 209
- A Sti’ilup Legend 213
- An Indian Battle at Alberni 219
- Chief Qapuluq’s Stl’un’uq 224
- Sugnuston’s Ancestors 230
- Quil-Kay-Milth, the Carver 236
- Tl’utasiye”s Childhood Games 242
- Origin of the Qhwimux Tribe 247
- Visit of the First Ship to Sti’ilup 251
- The Magic Hole on Mount Tzouhalem 255
- The “Moons” of the Cowichans 259
- Xulqalustun’s Fun’ral 267
- Sugnuston Tried to Make Peace with the Haidas 270
- Q’ise’q and the Munmaanta’qw 273
- Tales of Sheshuq’um 280
- Memories of Ts’uwxilem 283
- The Smilhu 290
- The Punishment of Spaal’ 298
- The First of the Shtsuw’athun 302
- Legends of the Swayxwi 305
- Buried Treasure 310
- Origin of the Thunderbird 316
- Little Island of Kuper 320
- Whatever Happened to Greedy Raven 325
- Notes 328
- Bibliography 348
