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| Title: | Kwakiutl Legends
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| Author: | Chief James Wallas |
| ISBN: | 0888392303 : 9780888392305 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos & line drawings |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 140x216mm |
| Pages: | 216 |
| Weight: | .355 Kg. |
| Published: | Hancock House - January 1989 |
| List Price: | 7.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | SOCIOLOGY; SOCIAL STUDIES |
The stories in this book relate the traditional tales which Mr James Wallas has learned from his elders, who lived in Quatsino Sound and on Hope Island. Mr. Wallas's forefathers are members of a people known generally as the Kwakiutl, although the term is misleading because it originally referred to a sub-group living at Fort Rupert. The Kwakiutl inhabit an area which at present includes Campbell River at the southern extreme, Quatsino Sound at the western extreme, various inlets of mainland BC at the eastern extreme, and Smiths Inlet at the northern extreme. Traditionally, the Kwakiutl lived in villages located in this general area (excluding Campbell River an Cape Mudge) which were organised into tribes. Today, most of them live on reserves near towns, maintaining some remote villages for food preparation and preserving during the spring, summer and fall.
