Alternate Title(s)

First Nations of the Pacific Northwest : change and tradition

ISBN

3924590850; 9783924590857

Statement of Responsibility

[Herausgeber], Alfred Hendricks ; mit Beiträgen von Annika Hendricks, Jaqueline Windh ; Übersetzung, Manuela Well-Off-Man, Astrid Haas = First Nations of the Pacific Northwest : change and tradition / [edited by] Alfred Hendricks ; with contributions by Annika Hendricks, Jacqueline Windh ; translation, Manuela Well-Off-Man, Astrid Haas.

Edition

1. Aufl.

Publication Information

Münster : Westfälisches Museum für Naturkunde Landesmuseum und Planetarium

Physical Description

183 p. : ill. (mostly col.), maps 24 x 25 cm.

Notes

Exhibition catalogue.

Contents

Diversity in nature and culture -- Landscape and environment - coast and forest -- Abundance of food from the water -- The historic whale hunt and the importance of the whale / Annika Hendricks -- The Yuquot whaler's shrine / Annika Hendricks -- Today's importance of fish as food -- The canoe - made from cedar wood -- Village, house and family as a reference -- Clothing - made from cedar bark -- Equipment - baskets, ropes and boxes -- Totem poles - expressions of origin, history and culture -- Cultural life - celebrations, ceremonies and myths -- Northwest Coast shamans / Annika Hendricks -- Changes -- Today's life - balance between preservation and change -- Into the light: residential school survivors speak / Jacqueline Windh -- Bibliography.