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Book, 1994
Current format, Book, 1994, , In-library use only.
Book, 1994
Current format, Book, 1994, , In-library use only. Offered in 0 more formats
The Kwakwaka'wakw, speakers of the Kwak'wala language, livedin northern Vancouver Island and the adjacent mainland of BritishColumbia long before the arrival of non-Natives. This book provides ageographic overview of the changing demography and settlement patternsof the Kwakwaka'wakw between 1775 and 1920 and is a reference guideto the location and use of Kwakwaka'wakw settlement sites. RobertGalois has utilized a vast quantity of unpublished archival data toshow that much changed in the 150 years after contact, and he examinessome of the consequences of the interaction of Native and non-Nativepeoples.
This book is an invaluable resource tool for anyone investigatingdocumentary sources dealing with Native peoples in British Columbia andelsewhere. In places as environmentally diverse as British Columbia,such detailed regional analyses are essential in order to unravel thecomplexities of the contact process.
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