Recording their story : James Teit and the Tahltan
Thompson, Judy, 1946-2007
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Recording their story : James Teit and the Tahltan / Judy Thompson.
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Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre ; Gatineau : Canadian Museum of Civilization ; Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2007.
Collation:
xi, 207 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-186).
Contents:
James A Tait left Lerwick in 1883 and arrived in British Columbia in 1884. He settled at Spence's Bridge, near Kamloops, and eventually became the ethnographic historian of the Tahltan indians. Introduction: "An ethnologist in the outside service"Jeemsie Tait: "a real Shetlander," 1864-1884"Wandering ways": a new life in a new land, 1884-1894"The young man is a treasure": the emerging ethnographer, 1894-1910First contacts with the TahltanEdward Sapir and the "Ottawa Museum": 1910-1912"A real start": the 1912 fieldwork season"Debarred from going North": 1913-1914Continuation of the "Athapascan survey": the 1915 fieldwork season"In these hard times": 1916-1920"A man of sterling worth": 1921-1922NotesReference listAppendix 1: List of artifacts, 1912Appendix 2: List of song recordings, 1912Appendix 3: List of artifacts, 1915Appendix 4: List of song recordings, 1915Appendix 5: Tahltan social organizationAppendix 6: Outline for James Teit's Tahltan ethnography.
ISBN:
978155365232815536523209780295986944 (alk paper)0295986948 (alk paper)
Language:
English
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BRN:
3907079
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