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Author:

Jonaitis, Aldona, 1948-

Title:

The Yuquot whalers' shrine / Aldona Jonaitis ; with research contributions by Richard Inglis.

Publisher:

University of Washington Press,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

xiv, 233 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

American Museum of Natural History.
Nootka Indians--Religion.
Nootka Indians--Antiquities.
Cultural property--Repatriation--United States.
Cultural property--Repatriation--Canada.
Yoquot (B.C.)--Antiquities.

Other Authors:

Inglis, Richard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-230) and index.

Contents:

Representations of the whalers' shrine -- Acquiring the shrine -- The whalers' shrine collections: photographs, artifacts, and narratives -- The Yuquot whalers' shrine -- A Nootka ceremonial house -- Correspondence on the whalers' shrine between Franz Boaz and George Hunt -- History of tô!wek,̇ who married p!espiats̃!EgwEm, the Wolf-Mother -- History of the ts!awEn tribe of mots̃!at -- Belonging to ts!awen tribe story: whalers' prayers to the four chiefs.

ISBN:

9780295978284 (alk. paper)
0295978287 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41531787

LCCN:

99032818

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)