This volume of Native myths and legends is an indispensable document in the history of North American anthropology.
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- Includes bibliographical references: p. [683]-702
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 398.2/089970711
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- n-cn-bc
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- 9781459312746 0889225532
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- E78.B9
- LCCN Item number
- B63 2006eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- CaOONL
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- 1 electronic text (702 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00209669 (OCoLC)426460856 (CaOOCEL)409393
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Indian myths and legends from the North Pacific Coast of America
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Foreword (L’avant-propos) 12
- Acknowledgments 18
- Editors’ Introduction 22
- Summary of Boas’ Field Trips 22
- Boas’ Methodology 25
- Manuscript Materials 29
- Earlier Publication of Individual Sections of the Sagen 30
- Publication of the Sagen 40
- An Evaluation of the Sagen 42
- Boas’ Orthography 42
- History of this Translation 44
- Textual Notes 47
- Additional Notes 49
- Translator’s Note 52
- Boas’ Preface to the Original 1895 Edition 54
- Section I: Shuswap 60
- Section II: Ntlakyapamuq (Thompson) 82
- Section III: Lower Fraser River 90
- Section IV: Cowichan 134
- Section V: Nanaimo 150
- Section VI: Squamish 158
- Section VII: Lukungun 168
- Section VIII: Comox 174
- Section IX: Klahoose 220
- Section X: Sliammon 226
- Section XI: Eiksen 230
- Section XII: Pentlatch 236
- Section XIII: Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 242
- Section XIV: Lekwiltok 290
- Section XV: Nimpkish 302
- Section XVI: Kwiksootainuk 342
- Section XVII: Kwakiutl 352
- Section XVIII: Tlatlasikwala 376
- Section XIX: Nakomgilisala 416
- Section XX: Oowekeeno 440
- Section XXI: Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) 480
- Section XXII: Bella Coola (Nuxalk) 498
- Section XXIII: Tsimshian 548
- Section XXIV: Haida 598
- Section XXV: Tlingit 612
- Section XXVI: The Development of Mythologies of the North Pacific Coast Indians 636
- Appendix: Listing of Stories 676
- References Cited 684