Tsimshian narratives: volume 2
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Tsimshian narratives: volume 2

  1. 275 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Tsimshian narratives: volume 2

About this book

These oral histories, collected by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon from the Pacific Northwest reflect the Tsimshian relationship with the environment, their understanding of the spiritual universe and their interpretation of the physical world.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Abstract
  3. Résumé
  4. CONTENTS
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. The Origin of the Gitxawn Group at Kitsemkalem
  8. 2. Narrative of the Cannibal Society
  9. 3. Rivalry Between Tsibasa and Gunaxnutk
  10. 4. Meluleq's Taunting Song
  11. 5. Tsetsaut Attacks upon Kisgegas
  12. 6. A Raid by the People of Nass
  13. 7. Trading Feud of Hlitux on the Skeena River
  14. 8. Kaldo Raids Against the Tsetsaut
  15. 9. Tsetsaut Raids on the Kitwancool
  16. 10. Why the Eagles and the Wolves Fought at Laxsail, Alaska
  17. 11. The Conflict of Laxsail, Alaska
  18. 12. The Tlingit attack the Kitkatla
  19. 13. The Purchase of the Nahuhulk
  20. 14. The Laxlsewanem Fortrkss of the Gitwilgoats
  21. 15. The Controversy between the Nishikumik and Rapligidahl
  22. 16. The Origin of Niswaxs Among the Ginadoiks
  23. 17. The Bella Bella Origin of Legaix
  24. 18. Revenge of Legaix Upon the Haida
  25. 19. When Legaix's Mother was made a Captive
  26. 20. Gispaxloats Invasions of the Bella Bella
  27. 21. Githawn's Trading Privileges on the Upper Skeena
  28. 22. Legaix's Conflict with the Kitselas Tribe
  29. 23. The War Club Representing a Woman
  30. 24. Controversy over the Shark-Fin and Gnawing-Beaver Crests
  31. 25. The Xmas Feast of Legaix
  32. 26. Legaix's Supremacy Challenged
  33. 27. Controversy Between Legaix and Wisai
  34. 28. The Last Feast of Legaix
  35. 29. Legaix tries to Conquer the Nishga
  36. 30. The Supremacy of Legaix
  37. 31. Legaix Taunts the Gitlan
  38. 32. A Challenge Feast of Tsibasa
  39. 33. Legaix Cremates Himself
  40. 34. The Legaix Group Accused of Practicing Witchcraft
  41. 35. Legaix's Triumph
  42. 36. The Gispaxloats Raid on the Kispiox
  43. 37. Legaix's Attack on the Kispiox Tribe
  44. 38. Ayairansk, The Great Raven Warrior
  45. 39. A Stikine Raid upon the Kitisu
  46. 40. War Between the Gispaxloats and the Gitsis
  47. 41. The Origin and Adventure of Haimas
  48. 42. The Marriage of Haimas' Sister to Gusran
  49. 43. The Tsimshian way of Fighting
  50. 44. The Rise of the Kitkatla over the Tsimshian
  51. 45. The Origin of the Name Hale
  52. 46. Tsetsaut Raid on the Meluleq
  53. 47. A Peace Ceremony Between the Nishga and the Kisgegas
  54. 48. The Tradition of the Household of Naxl
  55. 49. The Murder of Maws
  56. 50. Hlidex, The Wolf Chief of the Nishga
  57. 51. The Ginaxangik Raid on the Nootka
  58. 52. The Ginaxangik at the War on the Sitka
  59. 53. The Gitxahla Fishing Eulachon on the Nass
  60. 54. Haida Wolves Held as Hostages
  61. 55. The Fight of Hlkuwasan
  62. 56. The Massacre of White Traders by Kamtsoop
  63. 57. When Legaix Tried to Murder Mr. Duncan
  64. 58. How Tamks Saved William Duncan's Life
  65. 59. A Trading Incident Between the Nishga and the Gispaxloats
  66. 60. The Wolf Chief Nislaganos
  67. 61. The Gitraitz Haida are Defeated by the Gispaxloats
  68. 62. The War of the Gispaxloats and the Haida
  69. 63. The Gispaxloats Fight the Hagwilget
  70. 64. Recent Tsimshian Warfare (1868)
  71. 65. The Eagle Royal House of the Gitwilgoats
  72. 66. Early Traders with the Tsimshian
  73. Illustrations