[0-88894-600-7] 1986. (4to paperback) Very good plus. 256pp. Black and white and color photographs, illustrations, bibliography, index. "Native elders are living links to the past. Their vivid memories have the vitality, immediacy and authenticity of those who have experienced the transition from traditional ways to the new. In the short space of two generations, they have gone from traveling the coast in canoes to flying in floatplanes. The Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Southern Kwakiutl and Nuxalk (Bella Coola) are the focus of this book. Although these native groups speak different languages, they have close cultural ties" - from the text. Book about Bella Coola Indians, Elders--Indians of North America, Kwakiutl Indians, Nuu-Chah-Nulth Indian Tribe & Tradition. Locale: British Columbia-Canada; Western Canada. (Indians of N.A., Anthropology, History--Canada, Indians of North America, Indigenous Peoples--Canada).

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Wisdom of the Elders; Native Traditions on the Northwest Coast; The Nuu-Chah-Nulth, Southern Kwakiutl and Nuxalk

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Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver

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0888946007

ISBN 13

9780888946003

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Soft cover

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Ethnic Studies

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