Wisdom of the Elders Native Traditions on the Northwest Tapa blanda - 1988

Douglas & McIntyre Ltd, 1988. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Douglas & McIntyre Ltd, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Douglas & McIntyre Ltd, 1988. Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Very Good.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. 1988 Douglas & McIntyre Ltd first edition thus large format paperback; as new copy, just some storage wear; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . As New. Paperback. 1st Edition Thus.. 1988.

Douglas & McIntyre:, 1988. First published in 1986, this book is the 1988 paperback printing, 256 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. "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. 160 photographs in b&w, 40 in color, and drawings present telling images of native people then and now, showing the links between them and their land." FINE SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Tight copy-" The native people who lived on the Pacific Coast of British Columbia - as well as in the northwest corner of Washington and in coastal Alaska adjacent to British Columbia - inhabited a region with a remarkable wealth of natural foods. This plenty gave them time and energy not needed for survival and made possible a remarkable cluster of human cultures, each somewhat similar yet distinctive, and each one rich in social ceremony, myth, art, and theater."

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre [0-88894-600-7] 1986. (4to paperback) 256pp. Very good plus. 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).