Record details

• ISBN: 0295978287 (alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780295978284 (alk. paper)
• Physical Description: xiv, 233 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
• Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1999.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-230) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Representations of the whalers' shrine -- Acquiring the shrine -- The whalers' shrine collections: photographs, artifacts, and narratives -- The Yuquot whalers' shrine -- A Nootka ceremonial house -- Correspondence on the whalers' shrine between Franz Boaz and George Hunt -- History of tô!wek,̇ who married p!espiats̃!EgwEm, the Wolf-Mother -- History of the ts!awEn tribe of mots̃!at -- Belonging to ts!awen tribe story: whalers' prayers to the four chiefs.

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Subject:

Nootka Indians > Religion.
Nootka Indians > Antiquities.
Yoquot (B.C.) > Antiquities.
Cultural property > Repatriation > United States.
Cultural property > Repatriation > Canada.
American Museum of Natural History.