The whaling Indians : legendary hunters

Author(s)

• Sa:ya:chʹapis
• Sapir, Edward

Bibliographic Information

The whaling Indians : legendary hunters

told by Sa:ya:chʹapis ... [et al.] ; [by Edward Sapir ... et al.]

（Mercury series = Collection Mercure, ethnology paper ; 139）

Canadian Museum of Civilization, c2004

Other Title

The whaling Indians : legendary hunters : West Coast legends and stories part 9 of the Sapir-Thomas Nootka texts

Note

Bibliography: p. 429-431

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Part 9 of The Whaling Indians features 28 accounts of traditional hunting life among the Nuu-chah-nulth drawn from a collection of oral history gathered between 1910 and 1923. They outline methods of hunting humpback and gray whales and the preparatory rituals that helped guarantee success.

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Details

• NCID: BB14023049
• ISBN:
  • 9780660191676
• Country Code: cn
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Gatineau, Queebe
• Pages/Volumes: xxvi, 431 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA04238245