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Potlatch at Gitsegukla : William Beynon's 1945 field notebooks
- Title
- Potlatch at Gitsegukla : William Beynon's 1945 field notebooks / edited with an introduction by Margaret Anderson and Marjorie Halpin.
- Author
- Beynon, William, 1888-1958
- Publication
- Vancouver : UBC Press, 2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | E99 .K55 B49 2000 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 283 pages : illustrations, map, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- "William Beynon's notebooks are among the most significant written records of Northwest coast potlatching and are an unsurpassed resource documenting these activities among the Gitksan. This rare, first-hand, ethnographic account of a potlatch reveals the wonderful complexities of the events the took place in Gitsegukla in 1945"--Jacket.
- Subject
- Beynon, William, 1888-1958 > Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc
- Beynon, William, 1888-1958
- Beynon, William, 1888-1958
- Potlatch > British Columbia
- Gitxsan Indians > Rites and ceremonies
- Gitxsan Indians > Social life and customs
- 73.06 ethnography
- 18.91 American Indian languages
- Potlatch
- Potlatch
- Tsimshian
- British Columbia
- Kitksan
- Genre/Form
- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-274) and index.
- Contents
- Preface / Sm'ooygit Hannamauxw -- Key Events in the Gitksan Encounter with the Colonial World / James A. McDonald, Jennifer Joseph -- Note on the Orthography Used by William Beynon in the Notebooks -- Place Names in the Notebooks -- List of Names for Each Village by Clan -- Naxnox Names and Performances -- Other Gitksan Terms in the Texts -- Names of the Poles -- Types of Contributions -- Types of Events -- Types of Songs.
- ISBN
- 0774807431
- 9780774807432
- 077480744X
- 9780774807449
- OCLC
- ocm43281262
- 43281262
- SCSB-1034953
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library