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Recording their story : James Teit and the Tahltan  Cover Image Book Book

Recording their story : James Teit and the Tahltan / Judy Thompson.

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  • ISBN: 9780295986944 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9781553652328
  • ISBN: 0295986948 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1553652320
  • Physical Description: xi, 207 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
  • Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre ; c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-186).
Formatted Contents Note:
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, 1894-1910 -- First contacts with the Tahltan -- Edward Sapir and the "Ottawa Museum": 1910-1912 -- "A real start": the 1912 fieldwork season -- "Debarred from going North": 1913-1914 -- Continuation of the "Athapascan survey": the 1915 fieldwork season -- "In these hard times": 1916-1920 -- "A man of sterling worth": 1921-1922 -- Notes -- Reference list -- Appendix 1: List of artifacts, 1912 -- Appendix 2: List of song recordings, 1912 -- Appendix 3: List of artifacts, 1915 -- Appendix 4: List of song recordings, 1915 -- Appendix 5: Tahltan social organization -- Appendix 6: Outline for James Teit's Tahltan ethnography.
Subject: Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922.
Indigenous peoples > North America > British Columbia.
Tahltan > Folklore.
Tahltan > History.
Indigenous peoples > North America > History.
Indigenous arts > British Columbia.
Indigenous peoples > North America > Material culture.
Ethnology > British Columbia > Field work.
Indigenous peoples > North America > Folklore.
Tahltan > Folklore.
Ethnologists > British Columbia > Biography.
Ethnology > British Columbia > Fieldwork.
Ethnology > Stikine River Watershed (B.C. and Alaska) > Field work.
Oral tradition > British Columbia.
Tahltan > Material culture.
Folklore > Stikine River Watershed (B.C. and Alaska)
British Columbia > Folklore.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Nicola Valley Institute of Technology.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Merritt Campus E99 T12 T46 2007 (Text) 37100012509118 Regular Collection Volume hold Available -
Vancouver Campus E99.T12 T46 2007 (Text) 223973 Regular Collection Volume hold Available -

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