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Becoming Tsimshian

Author : Christopher F. Roth
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295989238
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Becoming Tsimshian written by Christopher F. Roth and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tsimshian people of coastal British Columbia use a system of hereditary name-titles in which names are treated as objects of inheritable wealth. Human agency and social status reside in names rather than in the individuals who hold these names, and the politics of succession associated with names and name-taking rituals have been, and continue to be, at the center of Tsimshian life. Becoming Tsimshian examines the way in which names link members of a lineage to a past and to the places where that past unfolded. At traditional potlatch feasts, for example, collective social and symbolic behavior �gives the person to the name.� Oral histories recounted at a potlatch describe the origins of the name, of the house lineage, and of the lineage's rights to territories, resources, and heraldic privileges. This ownership is renewed and recognized by successive generations, and the historical relationship to the land is remembered and recounted in the lineage's chronicles, or adawx. In investigating the different dimensions of the Tsimshian naming system, Christopher F. Roth draws extensively on recent literature, archival reference, and elders in Tsimshian communities. Becoming Tsimshian, which covers important themes in linguistic and cultural anthropology and ethnic studies, will be of great value to scholars in Native American studies and Northwest Coast anthropology, as well as in linguistics.

Becoming Tsimshian

Author : Christopher Fritz Roth
Publisher : Ewha Womans University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780295988078
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Becoming Tsimshian written by Christopher Fritz Roth and published by Ewha Womans University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tsimshian people of coastal British Columbia use a system ofhereditary name-titles in which names are treated as objects ofinheritable wealth. Becoming Tsimshian examines the way inwhich names link members of a lineage to a past and to the places wherethat past unfolded. In investigating the different dimensions of theTsimshian naming system, Christopher F. Roth draws extensively onrecent literature, archival reference, and elders in Tsimshiancommunities. Becoming Tsimshian covers important themes inlinguistic and cultural anthropology and ethnic studies.

What We Learned

Author : Helen Raptis
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774830220
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book What We Learned written by Helen Raptis and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of Indigenous children forced to attend residential schools have haunted Canadians in recent years. Yet most Indigenous children in Canada attended “Indian day schools,” and later public schools, near their home communities. Although church and government officials often kept detailed administrative records, we know little about the actual experiences of the students themselves. In What We Learned, two generations of Tsimshian students – a group of elders born in the 1930s and 1940s and a group of middle-aged adults born in the 1950s and 1960s – reflect on their traditional Tsimshian education and the formal schooling they received in northwestern British Columbia. Their stories offer a starting point for understanding the legacy of day schools on Indigenous lives and communities. Their recollections also invite readers to consider a broader notion of education – one that includes traditional Indigenous views that conceive of learning as a lifelong experience that takes place across multiple contexts.

The Many Voyages of Arthur Wellington Clah

Author : Peggy Brock
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 077482008X
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book The Many Voyages of Arthur Wellington Clah written by Peggy Brock and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-04-22 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First-hand accounts of indigenous people’s encounters with colonialism are rare. A daily diary that extends over fifty years is unparalleled. Drawing on her painstaking transcription of Arthur Wellington Clah’s diaries, Peggy Brock pieces together the many voyages – physical, cultural, and spiritual – of a Tsimshian man who moved in both colonial and Aboriginal worlds. From his birth in 1831 to his death in 1916, Clah witnessed profound change. His diaries reveal the complexities of personal interactions between colonizers and the colonized and the inevitable tensions that arose. They also show how Clah’s hopes for his people were gradually eroded by the realities of land dispossession, interference by the colonial state in cultural and political matters, and diminishing economic opportunities. Clah’s personal journey reflects Tsimshian responses to these changes, including modifications to potlatching and the chiefly system that had evolved during the fur trade era. Taken together, his many voyages offer an unprecedented Aboriginal perspective on colonial relationships as they played out on the Pacific Northwest Coast.

Narratives of Citizenship

Author : Aloys N.M. Fleischmann
Publisher : University of Alberta
ISBN 13 : 0888646186
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (886 download)

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Download or read book Narratives of Citizenship written by Aloys N.M. Fleischmann and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining various cultural products-music, cartoons, travel guides, ideographic treaties, film, and especially the literary arts-the contributors of these thirteen essays invite readers to conceptualize citizenship as a narrative construct, both in Canada and beyond. Focusing on indigenous and diasporic works, along with mass media depictions of Indigenous and diasporic peoples, this collection problematizes the juridical, political, and cultural ideal of universal citizenship. Readers are asked to envision the nation-state as a product of constant tension between coercive practices of exclusion and assimilation. Narratives of Citizenship is a vital contribution to the growing scholarship on narrative, nationalism, and globalization. Contributors: David Chariandy, Lily Cho, Daniel Coleman, Jennifer Bowering Delisle, Aloys N.M. Fleischmann, Sydney Iaukea, Marco Katz, Lindy Ledohowski, Cody McCarroll, Carmen Robertson, Laura Schechter, Paul Ugor, Nancy Van Styvendale, Dorothy Woodman, and Robert Zacharias.

Animals, Plants and Afterimages

Author : Valérie Bienvenue
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1800734263
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Animals, Plants and Afterimages written by Valérie Bienvenue and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2022-03-11 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixth mass extinction or Anthropocene extinction is one of the most pervasive issues of our time. Animals, Plants and Afterimages brings together leading scholars in the humanities and life sciences to explore how extinct species are represented in art and visual culture, with a special emphasis on museums. Engaging with celebrated cases of vanished species such as the quagga and the thylacine as well as less well-known examples of animals and plants, these essays explore how representations of recent and ancient extinctions help advance scientific understanding and speak to contemporary ecological and environmental concerns.

The Tsimshian Crest System

Author : Marjorie M. Halpin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Tsimshian Crest System written by Marjorie M. Halpin and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Missionaries, Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Exchange

Author : Patricia Grimshaw
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1836240961
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Missionaries, Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Exchange written by Patricia Grimshaw and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents fresh insights into the relationships between missions and indigenous peoples, and the outcomes of mission activities in the processes of imperial conquest and colonisation. This book focuses on missions across the British Empire (including India, Africa, Asia, the Pacific), within transnational and comparative perspectives.

The Tsimshian

Author : Margaret Seguin
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780774804738
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Tsimshian written by Margaret Seguin and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines Tsimshian culture from the prehistoric period to the recent past and includes contributions from such diverse perspectives as archaeology, linguistics, and social anthropology. The contributors demonstrate a balance between current fieldwork and careful archival analysis, as they build on the voluminous materials that are a legacy of the scholarship of such major figures as Boas, Barbeau, Tate, and Garfield. The book includes chapters on the crest system and participation of the Tsimshian in the 'non-Native' economy of the region and introduces much original material on shamanism, basket making, and feasting.

A Resonant Ecology

Author : Max Ritts
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478059885
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book A Resonant Ecology written by Max Ritts and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2024-08-30 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Resonant Ecology, Max Ritts traces how sound’s integration into the environmental politics of Canada’s North Coast has paved the way for massive industrial expansion. While conservationists hope that the dissemination of whale songs and other nature sounds will showcase the beauty of local wildlife for people around the world, Ritts reveals how colonial capitalism can co-opt sonic efforts to protect the coast. He demonstrates how digital technologies allow industry to sonically map new shipping lanes and facilitate new ways of experiencing sound—premised not on listening, but on sound’s exploitable status as a data resource. By outlining how sound can both perpetuate and refuse capitalist colonialism, Ritts challenges the idea that the sonic realm is inherently liberatory and reveals sound to be a powerfully uncertain object. Through a situated geographical approach, he makes the case that only a decolonial and multigenerational environmental politics can counter the false promise of “sustainable marine development” held up by industry and the state.

Radical Territories in the Brazilian Amazon

Author : Laura Zanotti
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816533547
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Radical Territories in the Brazilian Amazon written by Laura Zanotti and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radical Territories in the Brazilian Amazon sheds light on the creative and groundbreaking efforts Kayapó peoples deploy to protect their lands and livelihoods in Brazil. Laura Zanotti shows how Kayapó communities are using diverse pathways to make a sustainable future for their peoples and lands. The author advances anthropological approaches to understanding how indigenous groups cultivate self-determination strategies in conflict-ridden landscapes.

People of the Saltwater

Author : Charles R. Menzies
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496232623
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book People of the Saltwater written by Charles R. Menzies and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People of the Saltwater is an exploration of an ancient community of the Gitxaala Nation and how its members relate socially, politically, and economically to the rest of the world.

Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities

Author : Tyler McCreary
Publisher : University of Alberta
ISBN 13 : 1772127272
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities written by Tyler McCreary and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities examines the relationship between the Wet’suwet’en and hydrocarbon pipeline development, showing how colonial governments and corporations seek to control Indigenous claims and how the Wet'suwet'en resist. Tyler McCreary explores pipeline regulatory review processes, reviews attempts to reconcile Indigeneity with development, and asks fundamental questions about territory and jurisdiction. In the process, he offers historical context for the continuing influences of colonialism on Indigenous peoples. Throughout, McCreary demonstrates how the cyclical movements between resistance and reconciliation are affected by the unequal relations between Indigenous peoples, colonial governments, and development operations. This sophisticated analysis invites readers to consider the complex realities of Indigenous and Wet’suwet’en law, as well as the politics of pipeline development.

Standing Up with Ga'axsta'las

Author : Leslie A. Robertson
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774823860
Total Pages : 597 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Standing Up with Ga'axsta'las written by Leslie A. Robertson and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2012-10-07 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standing Up with Ga’axsta’las tells the remarkable story of Jane Constance Cook (1870-1951), a controversial Kwakwaka’wakw leader and activist who lived during a period of enormous colonial upheaval. Working collaboratively, Robertson and Cook’s descendants draw on oral histories and textual records to create a nuanced portrait of a high-ranked woman, a cultural mediator, devout Christian, and aboriginal rights activist who criticized potlatch practices for surprising reasons. This powerful meditation on memory and cultural renewal documents how the Kwagu’l Gixsam have revived their long-dormant clan in the hopes of forging a positive cultural identity for future generations through feasting and potlatching.

Sharing Our Knowledge

Author : Sergei Kan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803240562
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Sharing Our Knowledge written by Sergei Kan and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An edited volume of interdisciplinary, collaborative research on Tlingit culture, language, and history"--

Symbolic Immortality

Author : Sergei Kan
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295806281
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Symbolic Immortality written by Sergei Kan and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades after its initial publication, Symbolic Immortality retains its status as the most comprehensive analysis of the mortuary practices of the Tlingit Indians of southeastern Alaska—or any other indigenous culture of the Northwest Coast. This updated and expanded edition furthers our understanding of the potlatch (koo.éex’) as a total social phenomenon, with emotional and religious as well as economic and sociopolitical dimensions. The result is a major contribution to both Northwest Coast ethnology and theoretical literature on the anthropology of death.

Democratic Multiplicity

Author : James Tully
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009189026
Total Pages : 866 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Democratic Multiplicity written by James Tully and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume argues that democracy is broader and more diverse than the dominant state-centered, modern representative democracies, to which other modes of democracy are either presumed subordinate or ignored. The contributors seek to overcome the standard opposition of democracy from below (participatory) and democracy from above (representative). Rather, they argue that through differently situated participatory and representative practices, citizens and governments can develop democratic ways of cooperating without hegemony and subordination, and that these relationships can be transformative. This work proposes a slow but sure, nonviolent, eco-social and sustainable process of democratic generation and growth with the capacity to critique and transform unjust and ecologically destructive social systems. This volume integrates human-centric democracies into a more mutual, interdependent and sustainable system on earth whereby everyone gains.