Potlatch at Gitsegukla : William Beynon's 1945 field notebooks

Book

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.