Social Science Native American Studies
Swan people
A study of the Dunne-za prophet dance
- Publisher
- Canadian Museum of History
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1978
- Category
- Native American Studies
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781772822014
- Publish Date
- Jan 1978
- List Price
- $7.99
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Description
This volume presents some of the myths and oratories of the Dunne-za or Beaver of the upper Peace River. The first section offers a discussion of how the Dunne-za adapt the prophet tradition common to northwestern Native peoples to a nomadic hunter lifestyle while the second presents a collection of mythic and oratorical texts.
About the author
Robin Ridington is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Little Bit Know Something, Trail to Heaven: Knowledge and Narrative in a Northern Native Community, and Blessing for a Long Time among other works.
