Coming to shore : Northwest Coast ethnology, traditions, and visions /
The Northwest Coast of North America was home to dozens of Native peoples at the time of its first contact with Europeans. The rich artistic, ceremonial, and oral traditions of these peoples and their preservation of cultural practices have made this region especially attractive for anthropological...
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| Format: | Government Document Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
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| Summary: | The Northwest Coast of North America was home to dozens of Native peoples at the time of its first contact with Europeans. The rich artistic, ceremonial, and oral traditions of these peoples and their preservation of cultural practices have made this region especially attractive for anthropological study. Coming to Shore provides a historical overview of the ethnology and ethnohistory of this region, with special attention given to contemporary, theoretically informed studies of communities and issues |
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| Item Description: | Papers presented at the Northwest Coast Ethnology Conference held in Paris, France in June 2000 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxviii, 508 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-496) and index |
| ISBN: | 0803204329 0803232306 0803282966 1280374314 6610374317 9780803204324 9780803232303 9780803282964 9781280374319 9786610374311 |