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Book SynopsisAt the Bridge lifts from obscurity the story of James Teit (18641922), an outstanding Canadian ethnographer and Indian rights activist whose thoughtful scholarship and tireless organizing have been largely ignored.
Trade ReviewWickwire painstakingly unearths the life and legacy of someone who was undeservedly 'invisibilized'...she does a thorough job of unearthing Teit’s legacy. Her book is filled with detail, anecdotes, and personal reflection. It’s an inspiring must-read for anyone interested in reconciliation today.
-- Nelle Oosterom, Senior Editor * Canada's History *
When Wickwire talks about Teit, there is an obvious excitement at the chance to highlight such an interesting character. That excitement comes across on the pages of the book as lively, solid reportage with a healthy dash of deserved reverence. At the Bridge is dense without being dry. -- Dana Gee * Vancouver Sun *
Wendy Wickwire’s groundbreaking historical investigation places James Teit as a key figure in early North American anthropology, but also as central to historical Indigenous rights activism in British Columbia. -- Julie Cruikshank, author of
Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters and Social ImaginationWickwire has done B.C. scholars and Indigenous peoples an essential service in deftly peeling back the layers of personality, family, and life circumstances of one of Canada’s unsung heroes ... [her] work is not only highly recommended, but a definite must-read for anyone concerned with the unresolved Indigenous “land question” that continues to haunt the province to this day. -- Dan Marshall * The Ormsby Review *
It is a remarkable book about a remarkable man and deserves a place on the bookshelf of everyone who understands that knowing where we’ve come from is essential to navigating our course to somewhere else and to somewhere that we hope to make better rather than worse. -- Stephen Hume * Walhachin Press *
Wickwire draws her audience into a style of anthropology that is situated, participatory, and strives to be contextually self-aware at every turn.
-- Mark Zion, Kate Plyley, Hester Lessard, Rebecca Johnson * Alberta Law Review *
"Wickwire painstakingly unearths the life and legacy of someone who was undeservedly 'invisibilized'...she does a thorough job of unearthing Teit’s legacy. Her book is filled with detail, anecdotes, and personal reflection. It’s an inspiring must-read for anyone interested in reconciliation today."
-- Nelle Oosterom * Canada's History *
It is an exceptional book about a remarkable man who never received the recognition he deserved for his major input to what was then the new science of anthropology. -- Jim Cooperman * Salmon Arm Observer *
Table of ContentsPreface
1 Missing in History
2 Boats, Trains, Horses
3 Dear Auld Rock
4 Encounter
5 Paper Mountain
6 Dwelling
7 Capital of Resistance
8 The Indians’ Agent
9 NOttawa
10 Farewell Coyote, Hello Jack
Notes; Index
