00000nam##2200000za#4500 9.619240 CaOODSP 20250319160241 ta 150406|2009||||xxc||||| f|0| 0 wak|d 978-0-660-19898-9 1709-5875 CaOODSP eng n-cn--- NM23-3/145E Canada. Canadian Museum of Civilization. Family origin histories : the Whaling Indians, West Coast legends and stories, part 11 of the Sapir-Thomas Nootka texts / Told by Tyee Bob ... [et al.] ; prepared by Edward Sapir ... [et al.] ; edited by Eugene Arima ... [et al.]. Gatineau - Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization c2009. xii, 383p. : figs. (some coloured), maps, references, photographs ; 24 cm. Ethnology paper 1709-5875 No. 145 Abstract in English and French. Also part of: Mercury series (ISSN 0316-1854). The “family histories” of the Nuu-chah-nulth of Canada’s West Coast tell about the origins of tribal families. Presents 18 of these histories, each belonging to a family that had the exclusive right to tell it in a public ceremony. Together, these accounts, which make up Part 11 of the Sapir-Thomas Nootka Texts, provide insight into the traditional world-view of the Nuu-chah-nulth. Résumé en français. Softcover 09-21 2009-05-22 Indigenous culture gcpds Indigenous languages gcpds Folklore gcpds Whaling gcpds Sapir, Edward Family origin histories : (CaOODSP)9.556979 Family origin histories : (CaOODSP)9.557104 Ethnology paper, 1709-5875 No. 145 (CaOODSP)9.510948