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ISBN:
Category : Northwest, Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
The Washington Historical Quarterly
Author: Washington Historical Quarterly
Author: Booker T. Washington Papers Volume 12
Author: Booker T. WashingtonPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252009747
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
The memoirs and accounts of the Black educator are presented with letters, speeches, personal documents, and other writings reflecting his life and career.
Oregon Historical Quarterly
Author: Oregon Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northwest, Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Robes of Power
Author: Doreen JensenPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774844868
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
The button blanket is eye-catching, prestigious and treasured -- one of the most spectacular embellishments to the Indian culture of the Northwest Coast and a unique form of graphic and narrative art. The traditional crest-style robe is the sister of the totem pole and, like the pole, proclaims hereditary rights, obligations and powers. Unlike the pole, about which countless books and papers have been written, the button blanket has had no chroniclers. This is not only the first major publication to focus on button blankets but also the first oral history about them and their place in the culture of the Northwest Coast. Those interviewed include speakers from six of the seven major Northwest Coast Indian groups. Elders, designers, blanket makers, and historians, each has a voice, but all do not conform to any one theory about the ceremonial robe. Rather, the book is a search for the truth about the historical and contemporary role and traditions of the blanket, as those relate to the past and present Indian way of life on the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name
Author: David M. BuergePublisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1632171368
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The first thorough historical account of the great Washington State city and its hero, Chief Seattle—the Native American war leader who advocated for peace and strove to create a successful hybrid racial community. When the British, Spanish, and then Americans arrived in the Pacific Northwest, it may have appeared to them as an untamed wilderness. In fact, it was a fully settled and populated land. Chief Seattle was a powerful representative from this very ancient world. Here, historian David Buerge threads together disparate accounts of the time from the 1780s to the 1860s—including native oral histories, Hudson Bay Company records, pioneer diaries, French Catholic church records, and historic newspaper reporting. Chief Seattle had gained power and prominence on Puget Sound as a war leader, but the arrival of American settlers caused him to reconsider his actions. He came to embrace white settlement and, following traditional native practice, encouraged intermarriage between native people and the settlers—offering his own daughter and granddaughters as brides—in the hopes that both peoples would prosper. Included in this account are the treaty signings that would remove the natives from their historic lands, the roles of such figures as Governor Isaac Stevens, Chiefs Leschi and Patkanim, the Battle at Seattle that threatened the existence of the settlement, and the controversial Chief Seattle speech that haunts to this day the city that bears his name.
Publications
Author: Alphabetic Catalog of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps, Pictures and Curios of the Illinois State Historical Library
Author: Illinois State Historical LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Déliberations Et Mémoires de la Société Royale Du Canada
Author: Royal Society of CanadaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 1246
Book Description
American Book Prices Current
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.