Histories, Territories and Laws of the Kitwancool

Histories, Territories and Laws of the Kitwancool

EnglishEbook
Good, Maggie (Less-say-gu)
The Royal British Columbia Museum
EAN: 9780772680341
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A new edition of the groundbreaking 1958 publication created in collaboration with the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs.This beautiful new edition of the histories and laws of the Gitanyow (literally &quote;people of the small/narrow place,&quote; once called the Kitwancool in settler accounts), as recounted to museum curator Wilson Duff in 1958, includes a new foreword by Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs while preserving the original text. Until the mid-twentieth century, the village of Kitwancool (now Gitanyow) was only accessible to outsiders by trail. This inaccessibility of territory protected a deeply independent spirit and unique legal system, recorded here as part of an agreement that allowed for the removal of Gitanyow totem poles to the Royal BC Museum for preservation. The complete histories of the Gitanyow, told in their own words, were also translated and recorded here as part of the same agreement.This publication not only captures the histories, territories and laws of the Gitanyow, but also a significant moment in time for settler-Indigenous relations, and the origin story for totem poles still standing at the Royal BC Museum today.Histories, Territories and Laws of the Kitwancool is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand Gitanyow society and belief.
EAN 9780772680341
ISBN 0772680345
Binding Ebook
Publisher The Royal British Columbia Museum
Publication date October 28, 2022
Language English
Country Uruguay
Authors Derrick, Walter (Gam-gak-men-muk); Douse, Walter (Gwass-lam); Good, Fred (Neas-la-ga-naws); Good, Maggie (Less-say-gu); Good, Solomon (Gam-lak-yeltqu); McKilvington, B.W. (Wee-ks-se-guh); Smith, Ernest (Wee-kha); Williams, Peter (Gu-gul-gow)
Editors Duff, Wilson
Translators Cox, Constance