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Social Science Native American Studies

Legendary hunters

The whaling indians: West Coast legends and stories — Part 9 of the Sapir-Thomas Nootka texts

by (author) Edward Sapir, Morris Swadesh, Alexander Thomas & John Thomas

Publisher
Canadian Museum of History
Initial publish date
Jan 2003
Category
Native American Studies
  • 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.

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