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Potlatch at Gitsegukla : William Beynon's 1945 field notebooks / edited with an introduction by Margaret Anderson and Marjorie Halpin.

Beynon, William, 1888-1958 (Author). Halpin, Marjorie M., 1937- (Added Author). Anderson, Margaret (Margaret Seguin) (Added Author).

Summary:

"William Beynon's notebooks are among the most significant written records of Northwest coast potlatching and are an unsurpassed resource documenting these activities among the Gitksan. This rare, first-hand, ethnographic account of a potlatch reveals the wonderful complexities of the events the took place in Gitsegukla in 1945"--Jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0774807431
  • ISBN: 9780774807432
  • ISBN: 077480744X
  • ISBN: 9780774807449
  • Physical Description: xii, 283 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface / Sm'ooygit Hannamauxw -- Key Events in the Gitksan Encounter with the Colonial World / James A. McDonald, Jennifer Joseph -- Note on the Orthography Used by William Beynon in the Notebooks -- Place Names in the Notebooks -- List of Names for Each Village by Clan -- Naxnox Names and Performances -- Other Gitksan Terms in the Texts -- Names of the Poles -- Types of Contributions -- Types of Events -- Types of Songs.

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Subject:
Beynon, William, 1888-1958 > Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Potlatch > British Columbia.
Gitxsan Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Gitxsan Indians > Social life and customs.
Potlatch > Colombie-Britannique.
Gitksan (Indiens) > Rites et cérémonies.
Gitksan (Indiens) > Moeurs et coutumes.
73.06 ethnography.
18.91 American Indian languages.
Beynon, William, 1888-1958.
Gitxsan Indians > Social life and customs.
Potlatch.
British Columbia.
Potlatch
Potlatch.
Tsimshian.
Beynon, William, 1888-1958.
Kitksan.
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Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.

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