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Paul Kane's great Nor-West / Diane Eaton and Sheila Urbanek.
"Determined to Document the lives and customs of the Native people of the Northwest before contact with white settlers changed them forever, the Canadian artist Paul Kane set out in 1845 to cross the continent 'with no companions but my portfolio and a box of paints, my gun and a stock of ammunition.' Travelling by canoe and snowshoe, on foot and on horseback via the Hudson's Bay Company fur brigade routes, he made his way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast and back again. When he returned to Toronto in the fall of 1848, he brought back some five hundred field sketches and a remarkable collection of artifacts, which he used as raw material for one hundred oil paintings depicting scenes of Native life."--Jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 0774805498 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780774805490 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xviii, 158 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.
- Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c1996.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Forward with the Lachine Brigade -- The Métis buffalo hunt -- Across the prairies to Fort Edmonton -- A winter crossing of the Rockies -- Adventuring in the Oregon Country -- Northwest to Fort Victoria -- Up the Columbia -- Over the Rockies and homeward bound.
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Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | F 1060.8 .E28 1996 | 256527 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | F 1060.8 .E28 1996 | 679221 | Stacks | Available | - |