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Index
Preface
Introduction: Whaling First Nations of the North Pacific Coast
"Tłan’iqoł Becomes a Whaler"
The Country
The Whaling People
Chapter 1: Making a Living
When The World Turns Around
A World Full Of Spirits
Spirit Power In Hunting And Fishing
Months And Seasons
Rainy Season Work
Shellfish Gathering
"The Deer And The Wolves"
The Herring Season
Chapter 2: Seasons of Plenty
Spring
"Raven and Black Bear"
Canoes
Whaling
Drift Whaling
"Always Lifts Up and Sorehead Hunter"
Hunting Other Sea Mammals
"Hair Seal Hunter and Porpoise Hunter"
More Gathering Of Plant And Sea Food
"How Andaokot First Came to this World"
Salmon
Chapter 3: Living Together
Villages And Houses
Dress
Social Rank And Class
Feasting
Potlatch
"Kwi·stox’s Big Potlatch"
"Becomes-Ten Gives a Potlatch"
Kinship
Life Cycle
Whaling People’s Accounts Of Social Life
"Tom Marries"
"Captain Bill’s Marriage"
"Tom Gives Advice to his Grandson"
Chapter 4: The Long Past of the Whaling People
History Before Written Records
Wars
"A Naval Engagement"
"The War Between the Ahousaht and Otsosat"
The Coming Of The Europeans
The Sea Otter Decades
Colonial Development And Loss Of Independence
Falling Under Foreign Influence
Chapter 5: Spirit-Filled Realms of Medicine, Rituals, Art, Music and Myths
Sickness And Curing By Medicine Men
The Ts’a·yiq Doctoring Ritual Society
The Wolf Ritual
"Origin of the Tło·kwa·na"
Art
Music
Myths
"Q’anixi·nax the Transformer"
"How the Raven was in the Woods for a Tło·kwa·na Dance at Yuquot"
"Red-headed Woodpecker and the Thunderbirds"
“Kwatya·t’s Mother Moved, It is Said”
"A Fight Between the Chiefs of the Lice and the Wolves About Hunting Grounds"
"The Whale Sweetheart"
Spelling Key for Whaling Peoples’ Word
Additional Reading
References
Index
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