Tsimshian Culture

Author : Jay Miller
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0803282664

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Tsimshian Culture by Jay Miller Pdf

The Tsimshians are a Northwest Coast Native people known for their dazzling works of art and rich array of social, religious, and oral traditions that have captured the attention of scholars for over a century. Jay Miller brings together for the first time a wealth of material about the Tsimshians, presenting an unforgettable picture of their cultural universe. That universe is built around the metaphor of light, which was brought into the world by Raven; its refraction forms the chief social, religious, and symbolic institutions of Tsimshian culture. Family heraldic crests express light in one way, masks in another. Miller argues convincingly that the genius of Tsimshian culture, and one of the main reasons for its continuing vitality, is that its people are sensitive to different, and often creative, ways of capturing and embodying light.

Author : Margaret Seguin
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,8 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 : Margaret Seguin
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781772822618

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Interpretive contexts for traditional and current coast Tsimshian feasts by Margaret Seguin Pdf

An archival and ethnographic account of Coast Tsimshian feast traditions with emphasis on their role as forms of discourse shaped by idiosyncratic textual conventions.

Author : Christopher F. Roth
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,5 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 : Clarence R. Bolt
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774842860

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Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian by Clarence R. Bolt Pdf

In Thomas Crobsy and the Tsimshian: Small Shoes for Feet Too Large, Clarence Bolt demonstrates that the Indians were conscious participants in the acculturation and conversion process -- as long as this met their goals -- and not merely passive receivers of the blessings as typically reported by the missionaries. In order to understand the complexities of Indian-European contact, Bolt argues, one must look at the reasons for the Indians' behaviour as well as those of the Europeans. He points out that the Indians actively influenced the manner in which their relationships with the white population developed, often resulting in a complex interaction in which the values of both groups rubbed off on each other.

Author : David A. Boxley,Steve Quinn
Publisher : Chin Music
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 1634050525

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Tsimshian Eagle: a Culture Bearer's Journey by David A. Boxley,Steve Quinn Pdf

Raised by his grandparents in the tiny village of Metlakatla, Alaska, David A. Boxley thought he was going to be a teacher and a basketball coach. Already on that path, he faced a choice: a secure teaching job in his hometown or a move to Seattle, where he would pursue an uncharted path and become a full-time Tsimshian artist, ultimately leading a revival of culture, art, dance, and song. "It's strange. I had to move from my traditional village to become a traditional carver and cultural leader." Tsimshian Eagle chronicles Boxley's life and art through images and interviews. What emerges is a boundlessly creative, restless man who has dedicated his life to keeping Tsimshian culture alive.

Author : Aron A. Crowell,Rosita Worl,Paul C. Ongtooguk,Dawn D. Biddison
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781588342706

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Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage by Aron A. Crowell,Rosita Worl,Paul C. Ongtooguk,Dawn D. Biddison Pdf

Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska features more than 200 objects representing the masterful artistry and design traditions of twenty Alaska Native peoples. Based on a collaborative exhibition created by Alaska Native communities, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, and the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, this richly illustrated volume celebrates both the long-awaited return of ancestral treasures to their native homeland and the diverse cultures in which they were created. Despite the North's transformation through globalizing change, the objects shown in these pages are interpretable within ongoing cultural frames, articulated in languges still spoken. They were made for a way of life on the land that is carried on today throughout Alaska. Dialogue with the region's First Peoples evokes past meanings but focuses equally on contemporary values, practices, and identities. Objects and narratives show how each Alaska Native nation is unique—and how all are connected. After introductions to the history of the land and its people, universal themes of “Sea, Land, Rivers,” “Family and Community,” and “Ceremony and Celebration” are explored referencing exquisite masks, parkas, beaded garments, basketry, weapons, and carvings that embody the diverse environments and practices of their makers. Accompanied by traditional stories and personal accounts by Alaska Native elders, artists, and scholars, each piece featured in Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage evokes both historical and contemporary meaning, and breathes the life of its people.

Author : Brian C. Hosmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015048513173

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American Indians in the Marketplace by Brian C. Hosmer Pdf

Although it is usually assumed that Native Americans have lost their cultural identity through modernization, some peoples have proved otherwise. Brian Hosmer explores what happened when cultural identity and economic opportunity converged among two Native American communities that used community-based industries to both generate income and sustain their cultures. Comparing a lumber business run by the Menominees of Wisconsin and a salmon cannery established by British Columbian and Alaskan Tsimshian communities known as Metlakatla, Hosmer reveals how each tribe responded to market and political forces over fifty years. Hosmer's innovative ethnohistory recounts how these Indians used the marketplace to maintain their distinctiveness to a far greater extent than those who became wage earners in the white man's world. Hosmer shows that by selectively incorporating elements of American capitalism into their cultural lives, the Menominees and Metlakatlans came to view modernization less as a threat to their tribal life than as a means for maintaining their independence. These tribes embraced the same market accused of hastening the demise of native societies and became comparatively successful in American terms even as they both honored fundamental values and forged new cultural identities. Over time, these peoples came to understand how the market worked, recognized that the broader economy operated according to market principles, and learned how to adjust to it. Hosmer reveals how their strategies of "purposeful modernization" brought relative economic independence and sometimes the respect and cooperation of local and federal governments, how it helped chart a middle course between unchecked individuality and a communal ethos that might stifle economic development, and how economic development and cultural values ultimately affected one another. American Indians in the Marketplace is a story of adaptation that acknowledges the hardship and suffering common to most Indian-white contact while emphasizing the benefits of selective modernization accompanied by a constant re-invention of tradition. It questions the victim thesis of Native American history and shows that native peoples can meet the challenges of surviving in the larger world.

Author : Viola Edmundson Garfield,Paul S. Wingert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258374447

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The Tsimshian by Viola Edmundson Garfield,Paul S. Wingert Pdf

Tsimshian Songs By Marius Barbeau. Publications Of The American Ethnological Society, V18.

Author : Viola Edmundson Garfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128608978

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The Tsimshian Indians and Their Arts: The Tsimshian and Their Neighbors by Viola Edmundson Garfield Pdf

Author : Lawrence Grossberg,Janice Radway
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134805327

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Cultural Studies by Lawrence Grossberg,Janice Radway Pdf

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : James Andrew McDonald,Alberta ACADRE Network
Publisher : Canadian Circumpolar Institute
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Kitsumkalum Region (B.C.)
ISBN : 1896445284

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People of the Robin by James Andrew McDonald,Alberta ACADRE Network Pdf

The contemporary community of Kitsumkalum draws on its ancient Tsimshian culture for values, a vibrant culture of traditions and customs. This book emphasizes the connection between the community's heritage and the territory which nurtures it. The anthropology underlying the book promotes a Tsimshian sociology as understood by the people in Kitsumkalum. The connection between the culture and the land is the central principle that has sustained the Kitsumkalum people since time immemorial. The purpose of this book is to give the reader an understanding of this important aspect of Tsimshian life, enriching the lives of all Canadians with a fuller understanding of a heritage that is an integral part of the national cultural fabric.

Author : Margaret Anderson
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 0774801794

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The Tsimshian by Margaret Anderson Pdf

This volume examines Tsimshian culture from the prehistoric period tothe recent past and includes contributions from such diverseperspectives as archaeology, linguistics, and social anthropology. Thecontributors demonstrate a balance between current fieldwork andcareful archival analysis, as they build on the voluminous materialsthat are a legacy of the scholarship of such major figures as Boas,Barbeau, Tate, and Garfield. The book includes chapters on the crestsystem and participation of the Tsimshian in the 'non-Native'economy of the region and introduces much original material onshamanism, basket making, and feasting.

Author : Helen Raptis
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,7 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 : Abraham Rosman,Paula G. Rubel,Maxine Weisgrau
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442252899

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The Tapestry of Culture by Abraham Rosman,Paula G. Rubel,Maxine Weisgrau Pdf

The most exciting thing about anthropology is that it enables the student to become acquainted with people of different cultures. The Tapestry of Culture provides the student with the basic concepts necessary to understand these different cultures while showing that cultural variations occur within certain limits. Though the forces of globalization have caused cultures of the world around us to become increasingly similar, the book shows that people nevertheless cling to ethnic identities, and their cultural distinctiveness. The tenth edition of this popular textbook incorporates new material throughout, such as ethnographic examples in every chapter; strengthened discussions of gender, transnationalism, and globalization; and more. To enhance the experience of both instructors and students, the tenth edition is accompanied by a learning package that includes an instructor’s manual with outlines, key terms, discussion questions, lists of films and other resources, and more; a test bank; and a companion website.