Author: John R. SwantonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
Haida Texts
Author: John R. SwantonHaida Texts--Masset Dialect
Author: John Reed SwantonPublisher: New York : AMS Press
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
... Haida Texts and Myths, Skidegate Dialect
Author: John Reed SwantonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Haida Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
HAIDA TEXTS AND MYTHS
Author: JOHN R. SWANTONHAIDA TEXTS AND MYTHS
Author: S. DIALECTBeing in Being
Author: Skaay of the Qquuna QiighawaayPublisher: Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN: 1771623764
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Being in Being contains three masterpieces by legendary Haida mythteller Skaay of the Qquuna Qiighawaay. The shortest recounts the high points of the legend of his family. The longest, Raven Travelling, is the most complex version of the story of the Raven ever recorded on the Northwest Coast. The third is The Qquuna Cycle, the largest and most complex literary work in any Native Canadian language. It is a poem of epic length and one of the true masterpieces of North American literature.
The Alaska Native Reader
Author: Maria Sháa Tláa WilliamsPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822390833
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Alaska is home to more than two hundred federally recognized tribes. Yet the long histories and diverse cultures of Alaska’s first peoples are often ignored, while the stories of Russian fur hunters and American gold miners, of salmon canneries and oil pipelines, are praised. Filled with essays, poems, songs, stories, maps, and visual art, this volume foregrounds the perspectives of Alaska Native people, from a Tlingit photographer to Athabascan and Yup’ik linguists, and from an Alutiiq mask carver to a prominent Native politician and member of Alaska’s House of Representatives. The contributors, most of whom are Alaska Natives, include scholars, political leaders, activists, and artists. The majority of the pieces in The Alaska Native Reader were written especially for the volume, while several were translated from Native languages. The Alaska Native Reader describes indigenous worldviews, languages, arts, and other cultural traditions as well as contemporary efforts to preserve them. Several pieces examine Alaska Natives’ experiences of and resistance to Russian and American colonialism; some of these address land claims, self-determination, and sovereignty. Some essays discuss contemporary Alaska Native literature, indigenous philosophical and spiritual tenets, and the ways that Native peoples are represented in the media. Others take up such diverse topics as the use of digital technologies to document Native cultures, planning systems that have enabled indigenous communities to survive in the Arctic for thousands of years, and a project to accurately represent Dena’ina heritage in and around Anchorage. Fourteen of the volume’s many illustrations appear in color, including work by the contemporary artists Subhankar Banerjee, Perry Eaton, Erica Lord, and Larry McNeil.
Handbook of American Indian Languages
Author: Franz BoasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
Handbook of American Indian Languages
Author: Franz BoasPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110806342X
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
Includes chapters on Athapascan, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Eskimo and Chukchee.
Introduction [to Handbook of American Indian Languages]
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Author: Franz BoasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description