Social Science Native American Studies
Legendary hunters
The whaling indians: West Coast legends and stories — Part 9 of the Sapir-Thomas Nootka texts
- Publisher
- Canadian Museum of History
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2003
- Category
- Native American Studies
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781772823042
- Publish Date
- Jan 2003
- List Price
- $27.99
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Legendary Hunters features twenty-eight accounts of traditional hunting life among the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) peoples of Canada’s West Coast. Drawn from a collection of oral history gathered between 1910 and 1923, these narratives present a vivid portrait of whaling from a First Nations perspective. These accounts outline methods of hunting Humpback and Gray Whales, while also detailing the long preparatory rituals that helped guarantee success.