Spuzzum

Fraser Canyon Histories 1808-1939

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

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Living on the banks of the turbulent Fraser River, the Nlaka'pamux people of Spuzzum have a long history of contact with non-aboriginal peoples. They watched as Hudson's Bay Company employees hacked a path through the mountains for the fur brigades, and over time they found themselves in the path of the Cariboo road, the CPR, and virtually every commercial and province-building initiative undertaken in the region over the past two centuries. Juxtaposing historical narratives and cultural interpretation from the community of Spuzzum with archival information, this book explores the history of Spuzzum in the light of concepts central to the Nlaka'pamux definition of family, political authority, land, and cosmos.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1998-09-11
Mått159 x 235 x undefined mm
Vikt580 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagUniversity of British Columbia Press
ISBN9780774806664
UtmärkelserWinner of Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine 2000 (United States)

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Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

AcknowledgmentsNote on AuthorshipFraser Canyon Histories: Introduction1 Spuzzum2 Song for Simon Fraser, Song for Mount Baker: Strangers in the Land3 Land and Cosmos in a Shifting Economy4 Nlaka'pamux Thought and the Christian Church5 Families, Identities, and a War Widow's Pension6 Chiefs and Land7 A Pause in the Story8 Postscript: Approaching the PastBibliographyAppendix: Place NamesGlossaryIndex

This text is lucid and jargon-free, and the photographs interesting and well placed ... Spuzzum will certainly be of interest to anthropologists, local historians, and specialists who have been following the debate on the writing of Native history. - Kerry Abel (Canadian Book Review Annual 4163) A sympathetic re-creation of the native side of that history. This is a model ethnohistory and a superb commentary on the complexities of being both historian and anthropologist ... This finely crafted book boasts good maps, numerous illustrations ... (Choice) This book stands as part of an ongoing awareness of Native cultural persistence, alongside a long history of adaptation to the Euro-Canadian economy and society. - Robert Campbell (Western Historical Quarterly)