New Publication Release
The Whaling Indians. Legendary Hunters. West Coast Legends And Stories. Part 9 Of The Sapir-Thomas Nootka Texts
Edited by Eugene Arima, Terry Klokeid and Katherine Robinson.
Prepared by Edward Sapir, Morris Swadesh, Alexander Thomas, John Thomas, and Frank Williams and told by Sa:ya:ch’apis, William, Frank Williams, Big Fred, Captain Bill, and Qwishanishim.
Mercury Series, Ethnology Paper 139
456 pages, 6 figures, 7 maps, 1.015 kg
ISBN 0-660-19167-9
March 2004
$45.00 (paper)
Through a series of lively first-person accounts gathered between 1910 and 1923, this scholarly book creates a vivid portrait of traditional whaling practices among the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) of Canada’s West Coast. This volume represents Part 9 of the famed Nootka texts, collected by renowned ethnologist Edward Sapir, and examines a way of life that has been the cultural focus among the Nuu-chah-nulth for millennia. From descriptions of actual hunting methods to details of the rituals which helped guarantee success, Legendary Hunters provides a fascinating look at traditional whaling from a First Peoples perspective.
(In English and Nootkan)
How to order this publication
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