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Book Synopsis Haida Myths Illustrated in Argillite Carvings by : Marius Barbeau
Download or read book Haida Myths Illustrated in Argillite Carvings written by Marius Barbeau and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume is designed to illustrate Haida argillite carvings. The illustrations are mostly, but not exclusively, in argillite. A few wood carvings happened to bear so aptly on the same mythological themes that they could not fairly be left out."-- Preface, vii.
Author :Marius Barbeau Publisher :Ottawa: Department of Resources and Development, National Parks Branch, National Museum of Canada ISBN 13 : Total Pages :436 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Haida Myths Illustrated in Argillite Carvings by : Marius Barbeau
Download or read book Haida Myths Illustrated in Argillite Carvings written by Marius Barbeau and published by Ottawa: Department of Resources and Development, National Parks Branch, National Museum of Canada. This book was released on 1953 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume is designed to illustrate Haida argillite carvings. The illustrations are mostly, but not exclusively, in argillite. A few wood carvings happened to bear so aptly on the same mythological themes that they could not fairly be left out"--Preface, vii.
Book Synopsis Marius Barbeau’s Vitalist Ethnology by : Frances M. Slaney
Download or read book Marius Barbeau’s Vitalist Ethnology written by Frances M. Slaney and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Marius Barbeau’s career at Canada’s National Museum (now the Canadian Museum of History), in light of his education at Oxford and in Paris (1907–1911). Based on archival research in England, France and Canada, Marius Barbeau’s Vitalist Ethnology presents Barbeau’s anthropological training at Oxford through his meticulous course notes, as well as archival photographs at the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. It also draws upon Barbeau’s professional correspondence at Library and Archives Canada, the BC Archives, and, above all, the National Museum, where he worked for over four decades. The author, Frances M. Slaney, sheds light on the professional life of this founder of Canadian anthropology, exploring his difficult working relationships with Edward Sapir, his collaborations with Franz Boas, and his outstanding fieldwork in rural Quebec and with Indigenous communities on British Columbia’s Northwest Coast. Barbeau penned over 1,000 books and articles, in addition to curating innovative museum exhibitions and art shows. He invited Group of Seven artists into his field sites, convinced that their works could better capture the “vitality” of Quebec’s rural culture than his own abundant photographs. For these—and many other—contributions, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada recognized him as a “person of national historic importance” in 1985.
Book Synopsis Unsettling Native Art Histories on the Northwest Coast by : Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse
Download or read book Unsettling Native Art Histories on the Northwest Coast written by Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2020-07-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inseparable from its communities, Northwest Coast art functions aesthetically and performatively beyond the scope of non-Indigenous scholarship, from demonstrating kinship connections to manifesting spiritual power. Contributors to this volume foreground Indigenous understandings in recognition of this rich context and its historical erasure within the discipline of art history. By centering voices that uphold Indigenous priorities, integrating the expertise of Indigenous knowledge holders about their artistic heritage, and questioning current institutional practices, these new essays "unsettle" Northwest Coast art studies. Key themes include discussions of cultural heritage protections and Native sovereignty; re-centering women and their critical role in transmitting cultural knowledge; reflecting on decolonization work in museums; and examining how artworks function as living documents. The volume exemplifies respectful and relational engagement with Indigenous art and advocates for more accountable scholarship and practices.
Book Synopsis An Echo in the Mountains by : Nicholas Bradley
Download or read book An Echo in the Mountains written by Nicholas Bradley and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1960s until his death in 2000, Al Purdy was one of the most prominent writers in Canada, famous for his frank language and his boisterous personality. He travelled the country and wrote about its people and places from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island. A central figure in the CanLit explosion of the sixties and seventies, Purdy has been called the best, the most, and the last Canadian poet. But Purdy's Canada no longer exists. A changing country and shifting attitudes toward Canadian literature demand new perspectives on Purdy's impact and accomplishments. An Echo in the Mountains reassesses Purdy's works, the shape of his career, and his literary legacy, grappling with the question of how to read Purdy today, a century after his birth and in a new era of Canadian literature. Contributors to the volume examine Purdy's critical reception, explore little-known documents and textual problems, and analyze his representations of Canadian history and Indigenous peoples and cultures. They show that much remains to be discovered and understood about the poet and his immense body of work. The first sustained examination of Al Purdy's works in over a decade, An Echo in the Mountains showcases the critical challenges and rewards of rereading an iconic and influential Canadian writer.
Book Synopsis Haida Carvers in Argillite by : Marius Barbeau
Download or read book Haida Carvers in Argillite written by Marius Barbeau and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Haida Monumental Art by : George F. MacDonald
Download or read book Haida Monumental Art written by George F. MacDonald and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Haida of the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia constructed some of the most magnificent houses and erected some of the most beautifully carved totem poles on the Northwest Coast. During the last quarter of the nineteenth-century, images of the Haida's immense cedar houses and soaring totem poles were captured, first on glass plates and later on film, by photographers who travelled to then-remote villages such as Masset and Skidegate to marvel at, and record, what they saw there. Haida Monumental Art, initially published as a limited edition hardcover and finally available in paperback, includes a large number of these remarkable photographs, selected from a collection of over 10,000 original prints and photographic plates. They depict the Haida villages at the height of their glory and record their tragic deterioration only a few decades later. As well, this edition contains the complete text from the first edition, including site plans and detailed descriptions of fifteen major villages and several smaller sites, which are catalogued by house and pole. By combining archeology and ethnohistory, George MacDonald presents an integrated framework for understanding the physical structure of a Haida village. He explains how the houses and poles are part of a fascinating web of myth, family history and Haida cosmology, which provides a unique insight into Haida culture.
Book Synopsis How to Find Out About Canada by : G. Chandler
Download or read book How to Find Out About Canada written by G. Chandler and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Find Out About Canada presents the various aspects of the social and political structure in Canada. This book examines the literature, arts and science, economy, and educational system in the country. Comprised of 15 chapters, this book starts with an overview of the Canadian government publishing and several periodical publications. This text then describes the religious development of the nation encompassing all primary denominations and their intimate relationship to economic and political life. Other chapters consider the various studies in the political and social fields that are carried on by governments, labor unions, industry, cooperatives, and the various Canadian political parties. This book discusses as well the degree of standardization and equality of educational opportunity for children in all parts of Canada. The final chapter deals with the various documents relating to the history of Canada. This book is a valuable resource for students, teachers, and readers whose interests span a variety of fields.
Book Synopsis The Force of Family by : Cara Krmpotich
Download or read book The Force of Family written by Cara Krmpotich and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Explains the intimate tie between Haida repatriation and kinship in its associated forms of memory, history, and respect."--Back cover
Download or read book Haida Gwaii written by Daryl W. Fedje and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most isolated archipelago on the west coast of the Americas, inhabited for at least 10,500 years, Haida Gwaii has fascinated scientists, social scientists, historians, and inquisitive travellers for decades. This book brings together the results of extensive and varied field research by both federal agencies and independent researchers, and carefully integrates them with earlier archaeological, ethnohistorical, and paleoenvironmental work in the region. It imparts significant new information about the natural history of Haida Gwaii, also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, and the adjacent areas of Hecate Strait. Chapters analyze new data on ice retreat, shoreline and sea level change, faunal communities, and culture history, providing a more comprehensive picture of the history of the islands from the late glacial through the prehistoric period, to the time of European contact, known to the Haida as the "time of the Iron People."
Book Synopsis American Indian Myths and Legends by : Richard Erdoes
Download or read book American Indian Myths and Legends written by Richard Erdoes and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups present a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. “This fine, valuable new gathering of ... tales is truly alive, mysterious, and wonderful—overflowing, that is, with wonder, mystery and life" (National Book Award Winner Peter Matthiessen). In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices.
Book Synopsis This Is Our Life by : Cara Krmpotich
Download or read book This Is Our Life written by Cara Krmpotich and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September 2009, twenty-one members of the Haida Nation went to the Pitt Rivers Museum and the British Museum to work with several hundred heritage treasures. Featuring contributions from all the participants and a rich selection of illustrations, This Is Our Life details the remarkable story of the Haida Project � from the planning to the encounter and through the years that followed. A fascinating look at the meaning behind objects, the value of repatriation, and the impact of historical trajectories like colonialism, this is also a story of the understanding that grew between the Haida people and museum staff.
Book Synopsis Bill Reid and Beyond by : Karen Duffek
Download or read book Bill Reid and Beyond written by Karen Duffek and published by D & M Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh perspective from Haida leaders, art and cultural historians, anthropologists and artists on the lasting legacy of the famed Haida artist Bill Reid.
Book Synopsis Window on the past by : Margaret Berlin Blackman
Download or read book Window on the past written by Margaret Berlin Blackman and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A description of Northern and Kaigani Haida culture change as understood from a study of over two hundred late nineteenth-century photographs and relevant documentary evidence and ethnographic data.
Download or read book Past Vulnerability written by Felix Riede and published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volcanic eruptions can affect everything--nature, wildlife, people. From the earliest times, human resilience has been tested by this most severe environmental hazard resulting in a variety of collective responses--from despair and helplessness to endurance, increased worship of the gods, and even mass migrations. Past Vulnerability breaks new ground by examining the histories of extreme environmental events, from the resent eruptions of Mount Merapi in Central Java to the prehistoric Toba supervolcanic eruption 74,000 years ago on the island of Sumatra. Experts from a broad and unconventional range of disciplines--from anthropology to literature studies and from archaeology to theology--discuss the impacts of volcanic eruptions in human history and prehistory. The book sets the scene for a 'palaeosocial volcanology' that complements and extends current approaches to volcanic hazards in the natural and social sciences by presenting historically informed and evidence-based analyses on how traditional societies dealt with these dangers--or failed to do so.
Book Synopsis Arctic Bibliography by : Arctic Institute of North America
Download or read book Arctic Bibliography written by Arctic Institute of North America and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 1290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Contributions to Canadian ethnology, 1975 by : David Brez Carlisle
Download or read book Contributions to Canadian ethnology, 1975 written by David Brez Carlisle and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains a collection of seven ethnological papers. Gordon M. Day discusses the problem of improperly documented museum specimens; David Damas describes the construction of a Netsilik sled; E. Y. Arima and E. C. Hunt describe the creation of modern Kwakiutl curio masks; Mary Lee Stearns writes about the relevance of life cycle rituals to understanding contemporary Haida culture; J. G. E. Smith talks about the western Woods Cree; while Beryl C. Gillespie discusses the Yellowknife Natives of the North West Territories; and E. S. Rogers offers a historical examination of the Algonkians of southern Ontario.
