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The Whaling Indians: Legendary Hunters

The Whaling Indians: Legendary Hunters West Coast Legends and Stories: Part 9 of the Sapir-Thomas Nootka Texts

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Publisher's Synopsis

Part 9 of The Whaling Indians features 28 accounts of traditional hunting life among the Nuu-chah-nulth drawn from a collection of oral history gathered between 1910 and 1923. They outline methods of hunting humpback and gray whales and the preparatory rituals that helped guarantee success.

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Canadian Museum of History

Book information

ISBN: 9780660191676
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Imprint: Canadian Museum of History
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Number of pages: 456
Weight: 984g
Height: 238mm
Width: 175mm
Spine width: 25mm