Description
Book SynopsisBringing the Legends home Legends of the Capilano updates E. Pauline Johnson’s 1911 classic Legends of Vancouver, restoring Johnson’s intended title for the first time. This new edition celebrates the storytelling abilities of Johnson’s Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) collaborators, Joe and Mary Capilano, and supplements the original fifteen legends with five additional stories narrated solely or in part by Mary Capilano, highlighting her previously overlooked contributions to the book.
Alongside photographs and biographical entries for E. Pauline Johnson, Joe Capilano, and Mary Capilano, editor Alix Shield provides a detailed publishing history of Legends since its first appearance in 1911. Interviews with literary scholar Rick Monture (Mohawk) and archaeologist Rudy Reimer (Skwxwú7mesh) further considers the legacy of Legends in both scholars’ home communities. Compiled in consultation with the Mathias family, the direct descendants of Joe and Mary Capilano and members of the Skwxwú7mesh Nation, this edition reframes, reconnects, and reclaims the stewardship of these stories.
Table of Contents
- Foreward
- Author's Foreward to the 1911 Edition
- Introduction
- E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake)
- Chief Joe Capilano (Sahp-luk)
- Mary Capilano (Lixwelut)
- From London (1906) to Vancouver (1909)
- "Periodicals First": Mother's Magazine and the Vancouver Daily Province
- The Publications of Legends (and Recovering Mary Capilano's Narrative Voice)
- Legends of Vancouver, or Legends of the Capilano?
- Legends of Vancouver: An Overview of Key Editions (1911-2013)
- Johnson's Final Will & Other Adaptations of Legends
- Legends of the Capilano: A Collaborative Approach
- Legends of the Capilano
- The Two Sisters
- The Siwash Rock
- The Recluse
- The Lost Salmon Run
- The Deep Waters
- The Sea-Serpent
- The Lost Island
- Point Grey
- The Tulameen Trail
- The Grey Archway
- Deadman's Island
- A Squamish Legend of Napoleon
- The Lure in Stanley Park
- Deer Lake
- A Royal Mohawk Chief
-
Stories of Mary Agnes Capilano
- The Legend of the Two Sisters
- The Legend of the Squamish Twins
- The Legend of the Seven Swans
- The Legend of Lillooet Falls
- The Legend of the Ice Babies
