Interpretive Contexts for Traditional and Current Coast Tsimshian Feasts, Volumes 98-99Describes the feast tradition of the Coast Tsimshian people based on fieldwork in Hartley Bay, BC. and on material from archival sources and previously published accounts. Includes a discussion of the cultural meaning of the traditional feast complex, a brief summary of feasting patterns over the last fifty years and a description of current feasts. |
Contents
TWO CENTURIES OF FEAST HISTORY | 62 |
FEASTS AND SPEECHES IN HARTLEY BAY BRITISH COLUMBIA | 76 |
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS | 95 |
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