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edition:Paperback
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category: Social Science
published: Jan 1974
ISBN:9780774800341
publisher: UBC Press

Visitors Who Never Left

The Origin of the People of Damelahamid

edited by Kenneth B. Harris & Frances M. Robinson

tagged: native american studies
Description

These legends, translated by Chief Kenneth Harris, tell of the origin of the Native people who live in the region between the Skeena and Nass rivers of British Columbia. Other stories tell of occurrences particularly significant in the 'history' of the people -- the origins of the 'Killer Whale' and 'Thunderbird Twtjea-adku,' and the revenge of 'Medeek,' the great bear who rose from the lake to punish people for breaking 'the law.'

About the Authors

Kenneth B. Harris


Frances M. Robinson

Contributor Notes

Chief Kenneth Harris (translator) inherited the title Hagbegwatku, "first-born of the nation," from his uncle Chief Arthur McDames who recorded the tapes from which these translations have been made.

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