Becoming Tsimshian

Author : Christopher F. Roth
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295989235

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Becoming Tsimshian by Christopher F. Roth Pdf

The Tsimshian people of coastal British Columbia use a system of hereditary name-titles in which names are treated as objects of inheritable wealth. Human agency and social status reside in names rather than in the individuals who hold these names, and the politics of succession associated with names and name-taking rituals have been, and continue to be, at the center of Tsimshian life. Becoming Tsimshian examines the way in which names link members of a lineage to a past and to the places where that past unfolded. At traditional potlatch feasts, for example, collective social and symbolic behavior �gives the person to the name.� Oral histories recounted at a potlatch describe the origins of the name, of the house lineage, and of the lineage's rights to territories, resources, and heraldic privileges. This ownership is renewed and recognized by successive generations, and the historical relationship to the land is remembered and recounted in the lineage's chronicles, or adawx. In investigating the different dimensions of the Tsimshian naming system, Christopher F. Roth draws extensively on recent literature, archival reference, and elders in Tsimshian communities. Becoming Tsimshian, which covers important themes in linguistic and cultural anthropology and ethnic studies, will be of great value to scholars in Native American studies and Northwest Coast anthropology, as well as in linguistics.

Author : Helen Raptis
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774830225

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What We Learned by Helen Raptis Pdf

The legacy of residential schools has haunted Canadians, yet little is known about the day and public schools where most Indigenous children were sent to be educated. In What We Learned, two generations of Tsimshian students – elders born in the 1930s and 1940s and middle-aged adults born in the 1950s and 1960s – add their recollections of attending day schools in northwestern British Columbia to contemporary discussions of Indigenous schooling in Canada. Their stories also invite readers to consider traditional Indigenous views of education that conceive of learning as a lifelong experience that takes place across multiple contexts.

Author : Peggy Brock
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780774820080

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The Many Voyages of Arthur Wellington Clah by Peggy Brock Pdf

First-hand accounts of Indigenous people's encounters with colonialism are rare. A daily diary that extends over fifty years is unparalleled. Based on a transcription of Arthur Wellington Clah's diaries, this book offers a riveting account of a Tsimshian man who moved in both colonial and Aboriginal worlds. From his birth in 1831 to his death in 1916, Clah witnessed profound change: the arrival of traders, missionaries, and miners, and the establishment of industrial fisheries, wage labour, and reserves. His many voyages � physical, cultural, and spiritual � provide an unprecedented Aboriginal perspective on colonial relationships on the Pacific Northwest Coast.

Author : Sergei Kan,Steve Henrikson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780803240568

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Sharing Our Knowledge by Sergei Kan,Steve Henrikson Pdf

"An edited volume of interdisciplinary, collaborative research on Tlingit culture, language, and history"--

Author : Marjorie M. Halpin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Tsimshian Indians
ISBN : UOM:39015014730835

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The Tsimshian Crest System by Marjorie M. Halpin Pdf

Author : Margaret Seguin
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0774804734

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The Tsimshian by Margaret Seguin Pdf

This volume examines Tsimshian culture from the prehistoric period to the recent past and includes contributions from such diverse perspectives as archaeology, linguistics, and social anthropology. The contributors demonstrate a balance between current fieldwork and careful archival analysis, as they build on the voluminous materials that are a legacy of the scholarship of such major figures as Boas, Barbeau, Tate, and Garfield. The book includes chapters on the crest system and participation of the Tsimshian in the 'non-Native' economy of the region and introduces much original material on shamanism, basket making, and feasting.

Author : Peggy Brock
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780774820073

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The Many Voyages of Arthur Wellington Clah by Peggy Brock Pdf

First-hand accounts of Indigenous people's encounters with colonialism are rare. A daily diary that extends over fifty years is unparalleled. Based on a transcription of Arthur Wellington Clah's diaries, this book offers a riveting account of a Tsimshian man who moved in both colonial and Aboriginal worlds. From his birth in 1831 to his death in 1916, Clah witnessed profound change: the arrival of traders, missionaries, and miners, and the establishment of industrial fisheries, wage labour, and reserves. His many voyages � physical, cultural, and spiritual � provide an unprecedented Aboriginal perspective on colonial relationships on the Pacific Northwest Coast.

Author : Aloys N.M. Fleischmann,Nancy Van Styvendale,Cody McCarroll
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780888646187

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Narratives of Citizenship by Aloys N.M. Fleischmann,Nancy Van Styvendale,Cody McCarroll Pdf

Examining various cultural products-music, cartoons, travel guides, ideographic treaties, film, and especially the literary arts-the contributors of these thirteen essays invite readers to conceptualize citizenship as a narrative construct, both in Canada and beyond. Focusing on indigenous and diasporic works, along with mass media depictions of Indigenous and diasporic peoples, this collection problematizes the juridical, political, and cultural ideal of universal citizenship. Readers are asked to envision the nation-state as a product of constant tension between coercive practices of exclusion and assimilation. Narratives of Citizenship is a vital contribution to the growing scholarship on narrative, nationalism, and globalization. Contributors: David Chariandy, Lily Cho, Daniel Coleman, Jennifer Bowering Delisle, Aloys N.M. Fleischmann, Sydney Iaukea, Marco Katz, Lindy Ledohowski, Cody McCarroll, Carmen Robertson, Laura Schechter, Paul Ugor, Nancy Van Styvendale, Dorothy Woodman, and Robert Zacharias.

Author : Valérie Bienvenue,Nicholas Chare
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781800734265

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Animals, Plants and Afterimages by Valérie Bienvenue,Nicholas Chare Pdf

The sixth mass extinction or Anthropocene extinction is one of the most pervasive issues of our time. Animals, Plants and Afterimages brings together leading scholars in the humanities and life sciences to explore how extinct species are represented in art and visual culture, with a special emphasis on museums. Engaging with celebrated cases of vanished species such as the quagga and the thylacine as well as less well-known examples of animals and plants, these essays explore how representations of recent and ancient extinctions help advance scientific understanding and speak to contemporary ecological and environmental concerns.

Author : Charles R. Menzies
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803291706

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People of the Saltwater by Charles R. Menzies Pdf

A 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title In People of the Saltwater, Charles R. Menzies explores the history of an ancient Tsimshian community, focusing on the people and their enduring place in the modern world. The Gitxaała Nation has called the rugged north coast of British Columbia home for millennia, proudly maintaining its territory and traditional way of life. People of the Saltwater first outlines the social and political relations that constitute Gitxaała society. Although these traditionalist relations have undergone change, they have endured through colonialism and the emergence of the industrial capitalist economy. It is of fundamental importance to this society to link its past to its present in all spheres of life, from its understanding of its hereditary leaders to the continuance of its ancient ceremonies. Menzies then turns to a discussion of an economy based on natural-resource extraction by examining fisheries and their central importance to the Gitxaałas’ cultural roots. Not only do these fisheries support the Gitxaała Nation economically, they also serve as a source of distinct cultural identity. Menzies’s firsthand account describes the group’s place within cultural anthropology and the importance of its lifeways, traditions, and histories in nontraditional society today.

Author : Tyler McCreary
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781772127270

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Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities by Tyler McCreary Pdf

Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities examines the relationship between the Wet’suwet’en and hydrocarbon pipeline development, showing how colonial governments and corporations seek to control Indigenous claims and how the Wet'suwet'en resist. Tyler McCreary explores pipeline regulatory review processes, reviews attempts to reconcile Indigeneity with development, and asks fundamental questions about territory and jurisdiction. In the process, he offers historical context for the continuing influences of colonialism on Indigenous peoples. Throughout, McCreary demonstrates how the cyclical movements between resistance and reconciliation are affected by the unequal relations between Indigenous peoples, colonial governments, and development operations. This sophisticated analysis invites readers to consider the complex realities of Indigenous and Wet’suwet’en law, as well as the politics of pipeline development.

Author : Leslie A. Robertson,the the Kwagu'l Gixsam Clan
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774823869

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Standing Up with Ga'axsta'las by Leslie A. Robertson,the the Kwagu'l Gixsam Clan Pdf

Standing Up with Ga’axsta’las tells the remarkable story of Jane Constance Cook (1870-1951), a controversial Kwakwaka’wakw leader and activist who lived during a period of enormous colonial upheaval. Working collaboratively, Robertson and Cook’s descendants draw on oral histories and textual records to create a nuanced portrait of a high-ranked woman, a cultural mediator, devout Christian, and aboriginal rights activist who criticized potlatch practices for surprising reasons. This powerful meditation on memory and cultural renewal documents how the Kwagu’l Gixsam have revived their long-dormant clan in the hopes of forging a positive cultural identity for future generations through feasting and potlatching.

Author : Sergei Kan
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295806280

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Symbolic Immortality by Sergei Kan Pdf

Decades after its initial publication, Symbolic Immortality retains its status as the most comprehensive analysis of the mortuary practices of the Tlingit Indians of southeastern Alaska—or any other indigenous culture of the Northwest Coast. This updated and expanded edition furthers our understanding of the potlatch (koo.éex’) as a total social phenomenon, with emotional and religious as well as economic and sociopolitical dimensions. The result is a major contribution to both Northwest Coast ethnology and theoretical literature on the anthropology of death.

Author : John Cove
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780773595668

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Shattered Images by John Cove Pdf

A sociological study of the myths and social and religious practices of the Tsimshian, with particular emphasis on concepts of chieftainship, shamanism, totemism and secret societies.

Author : E. N. Anderson,Raymond Pierotti
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031155864

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Respect and Responsibility in Pacific Coast Indigenous Nations by E. N. Anderson,Raymond Pierotti Pdf

This book examines ways of conserving, managing, and interacting with plant and animal resources by Native American cultural groups of the Pacific Coast of North America, from Alaska to California. These practices helped them maintain and restore ecological balance for thousands of years. Building upon the authors’ and others’ previous works, the book brings in perspectives from ethnography and marine evolutionary ecology. The core of the book consists of Native American testimony: myths, tales, speeches, and other texts, which are treated from an ecological viewpoint. The focus on animals and in-depth research on stories, especially early recordings of texts, set this book apart. The book is divided into two parts, covering the Northwest Coast, and California. It then follows the division in lifestyle between groups dependent largely on fish and largely on seed crops. It discusses how the survival of these cultures functions in the contemporary world, as First Nations demand recognition and restoration of their ancestral rights and resource management practices.