Myth and memory : stories of Indigenous-European contact

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Myth and memory : stories of Indigenous-European contact / edited by John Sutton Lutz.

Lutz, John S. (John Sutton), 1959- (Added Author).

Summary:

"Myth and Memory explores the narratives of indigenous and newcomer populations from New Zealand and across North America, from the Lost Colony of Roanoke on the Atlantic seaboard of the United States to the Pacific Northwest and as far as Sitka, Alaska. It illustrates how indigenous and explorer accounts of the same meetings reflect fundamentally different systems of thought, and focuses on the cultural misunderstandings embedded in these stories. The contributors discuss the contemporary relevance, production, and performance of Aboriginal and European contact narratives, and introduce new tools for interpreting the genre. They argue that we are still in the contact zone, striving to understand the meaning of contact and the relationship between indigenous and settler populations."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780774812627
ISBN: 0774812621
ISBN: 9780774812634
ISBN: 077481263X
Physical Description: vi, 236 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Limited edition of 500 copies.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Close encounters of the first kind / J. Edward Chamberlin -- First contact as a spiritual performance : encounters on the North American West Coast / John Sutton Lutz -- Reflections on indigenous history and memory : reconstructing and reconsidering contact / Keith Thor Carson -- Poking fun : humour and power in Kaska contact narratives / Patrick Moore -- Herbert Spencer, Paul Kane, and the making of "The Chinook" / I.S. MacLaren -- Performing paradox : narrativity and the Lost Colony of Roanoke / Michael Harkin -- Stories from the margins : toward a more inclusive British Columbia historiography / Wendy Wickwire -- When the white Kawau flies / Judith Binney -- The interpreter as contact point : avoiding collisions in Tlingit America / Richard Dauenhauer and Nora Marks Dauenhauer.