Franz Boas
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
702 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Description
The 1895 German publication of Indianische Sagen von der Nord-Pacifischen Küste Amerikas gathered together in a single volume his earliest research in British Columbia, consisting of 250 B.C. First Nations myths and legends which had been previously serialized in German periodicals between 1891 and 1895. This volume of First Nations myths and legends is an extraordinarily important document in the history of North American anthropology.
Author
Pub. Date
1969
Physical Desc
xii, 205 pages 24 cm.
Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author
Pub. Date
1973
Physical Desc
395 p. illus. 29 cm.
Description
"The following papers contain descriptions of the Salishan tribes of the interior, excepting the Middle Columbia tribe. The material presented here was collected by Mr. James A. Teit in 1904, 1908, and 1909 while he was traveling over British Columbia and the States of Washington and Montana for the purpose of determining the distribution of Salishan dialects and the general movements of tribes so far as these could be ascertained by tradition..."...