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This rare, first-hand, ethnographic account of a potlatch from Tsimshian scholar William Benyon reveals the wonderful complexities of the events that took place in Gitsegukla in 1945.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Hanamuukw, Joan Ryan

Acknowledgments

Editors' Introduction

Beynon's Notebooks, Volumes 1-4, with Annotations

Key Events in the Gitksan Encounter with the Colonial World, prepared by James McDonald and Jennifer Joseph

Appendices

1 Note on the Orthography Used by William Beynon in the Notebooks

2 Place Names in the Notebooks

3 List of Names for Each Village Clan

4 Naxnox Names and Performances

5 Other Gitksan Terms in the texts

6 Names of the Poles

7 Types of Contributions 8. Types of Events

9 Types of Songs

References

Index

Potlatch at Gitsegukla

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/2000
      ISBN13: 9780774807449, 978-0774807449
      ISBN10: 077480744X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This rare, first-hand, ethnographic account of a potlatch from Tsimshian scholar William Benyon reveals the wonderful complexities of the events that took place in Gitsegukla in 1945.

      Table of Contents

      Foreword by Hanamuukw, Joan Ryan

      Acknowledgments

      Editors' Introduction

      Beynon's Notebooks, Volumes 1-4, with Annotations

      Key Events in the Gitksan Encounter with the Colonial World, prepared by James McDonald and Jennifer Joseph

      Appendices

      1 Note on the Orthography Used by William Beynon in the Notebooks

      2 Place Names in the Notebooks

      3 List of Names for Each Village Clan

      4 Naxnox Names and Performances

      5 Other Gitksan Terms in the texts

      6 Names of the Poles

      7 Types of Contributions 8. Types of Events

      9 Types of Songs

      References

      Index

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