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Description
This volume examines Tsimshian culture from the prehistoric period to the recent past and includes contributions from such diverse perspectives as archaeology, linguistics, and social anthropology. The contributors demonstrate a balance between current fieldwork and careful archival analysis, as they build on the voluminous materials that are a legacy of the scholarship of such major figures as Boas, Barbeau, Tate, and Garfield. The book includes chapters on the crest system and participation of the Tsimshian in the 'non-Native' economy of the region and introduces much original material on shamanism, basket making, and feasting.
Contributor Notes
Margaret Seguin is Director of First Nations Studies and Founding Chair of the Program in First Nations Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia.
Editorial Reviews
Stimulating, thought-provoking, and provides promising new directions for future research on the Tsimshian and other Northwest Coast groups.
— Culture
The Tsimshian offers fresh insight that extends beyond intellectual pursuit to an appreciation of a living culture of real people.
— Quill & Quire
These papers collectively present a stimulating view of images and realities of Tsimshian life from both non-Indian scholars and Tsimshian thesmelves ... Scholarly and committed to its subject, this book will be warmly welcomes by all interested in the culture and history of the Northwest Coast.
— American Review of Canadian Studies
