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The Heiltsuks : dialogues of culture and history on the Northwest Coast / Michael E. Harkin.
"In an incisive and wide-ranging critique of ethno-history and historical anthropology, Michael E. Harkin develops an innovative approach to understanding the profound cultural changes experienced during the past century by the Heiltsuks (Bella Bella), a Northwest Coast Indian group. Between 1880 and 1920, the Heiltsuks changed from one of the most traditional and aggressive groups on the Northwest Coast to paragons of Victorian virtues. Why and how did this dramatic transformation occur? These questions, Harkin contends, can best be answered by tracing the changing views the Heiltsuks had of themselves and of their past as they encountered colonial powers." "Rejecting many of the common methods and assumptions of ethnohistorians as unwittingly Eurocentric or simplistic, Harkin argues that the multiple perspectives, motives, and events constituting the Heiltsuks' world and history can be productively conceived of as dialogues, ongoing series of culturally embedded communicative acts that presuppose previous acts and constrain future ones. Historical transformations in three of these dialogues, centering on the body, material goods, and concepts of the soul, are examined in detail."--BOOK JACKET.
Record details
- ISBN: 080322379X (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780803223790 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xiv, 195 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, c1997.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-191) and index.
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- Heiltsuk Indians > History > Sources.
Heiltsuk Indians > Social life and customs.
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Ethnohistory > British Columbia.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 99 .H45 H37 1997 | 286433 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |
| Lummi Library | PNW E 99 .H45 H37 1997 | 244800 | PNW | In process | - |
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