Author: DOUGLAS, KIRK
Title: Wisdom of the Elders: Native Traditions on the Northwest Coast - the Nuu-Chah-Nulth, Southern Kwakiutl and Nuxalk
Description: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 088894490x. 256 pages. Index. Selected bibliography. "In many ways this book is a native chronicle about being native, for first person accounts enliven every facet of life in times past: the complex social structure based on kinship, rank and the potlatch; ceremonials and religion; gathering food, hunting and fishing; wood-working and basketry; trade, travel and conflict; Prehistory and archaeological discoveries; the arrival of Whites and the fur trade, followed by settlement, and the consequences of change, including the loss of their lands." - from dust jacket. Includes 200 photographs, 40 of which are in colour. "A popular and up-to-date account of native life and traditions on the Northwest Coast." - from dust jacket. Partial lean to spine. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Wisdom of the Elders: Native Traditions on the Northwest Coast - The Nuu-Chah-nulth, Southern Kwakiutl and Nuxalk social structure based on kinship, rank and the potlatch; ceremonials and religion; gathering food, hunting and fishing; wood-working and bas. Good in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 088894490x : Nuu Chah Nulth ; ; ; Wood Working Peoples Canadian History