Potlatch people : Indian lives & legends of British Columbia

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Potlatch people : Indian lives & legends of British Columbia / Mildred Valley Thornton.

Thornton, Mildred Valley, 1890-1967 (Author). Thornton, Mildred Valley, 1890-1967 Indian lives and legends. (Added Author).

Summary:

"Mildred Valley Thornton had an abiding passion which she pursued with almost missionary fervor throughout her life - the preservation of Canada's Native culture. For over fifty years she dedicated herself to that purpose through the medium of her paintings, writings and lectures. During the course of her career, Mildred not only painted the portraits of many prominent and historical Native Canadians, but she assembled an accompanying catalogue of anecdotes, folklore and legends, which today provide a unique chronicle of a vanished age. This publication is a collection of both Thornton's colorful portraits and the fascinating story behind each one."--pub. desc.

Record details

ISBN: 0888394918
ISBN: 9780888394910
Physical Description: 317 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Publisher: Surrey, B.C. : Hancock House, ©2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Previously published under title: Indian lives and legends.
Formatted Contents Note:: [Partial contents:] Kwakiutl; Chiefs Charley Nowell & Herbert Johnson ; The Kwiksootainus ; Homeland of the Haidas ; Agnes Russ and Susan Gray ; Haidas Artist [Mark Spence] ; Tsimshian ; The Chief of Kitwancool [Ernest Duodoward] ; Chief Ernest Duodoward ; Sen-ah-head, Head of the Eagle Clan ; Mary Capilano ; Chief Mathias, the carver ; Chief George of Sechelt, B.C. ; Isaac and Lizzie Jacobs ; Jim Pollard ; Chief of Beautiful Valley ; Dominic Jack & Louise ; Fort Babine ; Portraits at Fort Babine.