Tahltan Indians

When Emmons died in 1945, he left behind a mass of materials for a 65 line drawings, and 127 bandw photos. book on the Tlingit which he had begun as early as the 1880s, when he was stationed in Alaska with the US Navy. Ethnologist and archaeologist Frederica de Laguna has spent 30 years organizing Emmons ethnographic data, notes, drawings, sketches, and manuscripts, and has made significant additions from other sources and her own information, putting the entirety in chronological order, to present this invaluable ethnography of the Northwest Coast. Includes a biography of Emmons by Jean Low, as well as an extensive bibliography, 37 tables, Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1911 Edition.

Publication originally written as a Masters thesis. An ethnographic description of the Tahltan Athapaskans of northern British Columbia, a model of traditional Tahltan subsistence patterns useful for archeological interpretation in the Upper Stikine River area.

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A beautifully produced and illustrated (bandw) reference that offers complete descriptions and cultural contexts of the dress and ornamentation of the North American Indian tribes. The volume is divided into ten cultural regions, with each chapter giving an overview of the regional clothing. Individual tribes of the area follow in alphabetical order. Tribal information includes men's basic dress, women's basic dress, footwear, outer wear, hair styles, headgear, accessories, jewelry, armor, special costumes, garment decoration, face and body embellishment, transitional dress after European contact, and bibliographic references. Appendices include a description of clothing arts and a glossary. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Excerpt from The Tahltan Indians With the increase of population internal dissension arose, or the question of food became a problem, when separation was brought about by a party which went forth to seek a new home. They travelled down the Stikine until they reached a great glacier that spanned the river valley and blocked their progress. Here they encamped, and during a council that ensued, Koo os-sick and Orn-os-tay, two very old women of high caste, together with two equally old men, arose and said that their lives were of the past and that they were of little use either to themselves or to others, 'and as it was a question of turning back or of following the ow of the waters under the ice bridge, they would attempt the passage and if successful all could follow. After being dressed as for an important ceremony, and sprinkled with the down of the eagle, the four embarked in a small canoe and drifted from the shore, chanting their death song which was taken up by those assembled on the bank, and their tiny craft caught in the swirl of the swift current was soon lost to View. The barrier was climbed, and as the canoe with its occupants was seen to shoot out from under the wall of ice a mighty shout was carried from man to man until those in camp knew that all was well, whereupon the canoes were quickly loaded and passed through in safety, and they continued their way to the coast. It is reasonable to suppose that from time to time other parties followed, and, on reaching salt water, pursued different routes; as this family is found among the Tongass people of Portland Canal, the Hootzahtarqwan of Admiralty Island, and the Chilkat at the head of Lynn Canal, the traditions of all of whom speak of a migration from the Stikine river. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."