Family origin histories : the whaling Indians : West Coast legends and stories, part 11 of the Sapir-Thomas Nootka texts

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ISBN: 9780660198989 (pbk)
Physical Description: print
xii, 383 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Gatineau, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, c2009.

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 383).
Formatted Contents Note:	126. The Ch'i:ni:?ath -- 127. Legendary history of the Ts'isha:?ath [Tsehaht] -- 128. Ho:pach'as?ath [Hupacasath] account of culture origins -- 129. Origin of the Ts'isha:?ath [Tsehaht] and the story of Tlatla:qokwap and Ta:posh?in?is -- 130. The origin of the Ho?ol?ath -- 131. Qani:win as a Shaman and the origin of the Nachim?as?ath -- 132. How the Hiko:l?ath explored the head of Alberni inlet -- 133. An origin legend of the Da?o:w?a:?tx -- 134. Origin of the Hisa:wist'ath -- 135. Sa:ya:ch'apis obtains wealth-on-the-rocks -- 136. Sa:ya:ch'apis and ?I:w'aktlim a Hisa:wist'ath legend -- 137. The name Abalone-hunter -- 138. How a potlatch mask was obtained -- 139. Explanation of Lo:tisim's face mask -- 140. Ho:?i:?ath subdivisions -- 141. Ho:?i:?ath houses -- 142. A young man who married and got mad -- 143. Two swan women make place names for the Ho:pach'as?ath [Hupacasath] country -- Appendix: Chief Louie Nookmiis (1881-1964) ; War with the Clallams and Barkley Sound nations ; Origin history ; Siixpaackum ; How the Huu-Ay-Aht own their land ; The Luht'aa?ath and the tsunami ; Sealing.
Language Note:	Text in English and Nookta; abstract in French.