Author: Richard Joseph Hebda
Publisher: Royal British Columbia Museum
ISBN: 9780772666994
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
On a late summer day, many years ago, a young man set out on a voyage through the mountains. He never reached his destination. When his remains were discovered by three British Columbia hunters, roughly three hundred years after he was caught by a storm or other accident, his story had faded from even the long memory of the region's people. First Nations elders decided to call the discovery Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchi--Long Ago Person Found. The discovery of the Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchi man raised many questions. Who was he and how did he die? Where had he come from? Where was he going, and for what purpose? What did his world look like? But his remains, preserved in glacial ice for centuries, offered answers, too--as did the traditional knowledge and experience of the Indigenous peoples in whose territories he lived and died. In this comprehensive and collaborative account, scientific analysis and cultural knowledge interweave to describe a life that ended just as Europeans were about to arrive in the northwest. What emerges is not only a portrait of an individual and his world, but also a model for how diverse ways of knowing, in both scholarly and oral traditions, can complement each other to provide a new understanding of our complex histories.
Kwädąy Dän Ts'ìnchį
Author: Richard Joseph Hebda
Publisher: Royal British Columbia Museum
ISBN: 9780772666994
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
On a late summer day, many years ago, a young man set out on a voyage through the mountains. He never reached his destination. When his remains were discovered by three British Columbia hunters, roughly three hundred years after he was caught by a storm or other accident, his story had faded from even the long memory of the region's people. First Nations elders decided to call the discovery Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchi--Long Ago Person Found. The discovery of the Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchi man raised many questions. Who was he and how did he die? Where had he come from? Where was he going, and for what purpose? What did his world look like? But his remains, preserved in glacial ice for centuries, offered answers, too--as did the traditional knowledge and experience of the Indigenous peoples in whose territories he lived and died. In this comprehensive and collaborative account, scientific analysis and cultural knowledge interweave to describe a life that ended just as Europeans were about to arrive in the northwest. What emerges is not only a portrait of an individual and his world, but also a model for how diverse ways of knowing, in both scholarly and oral traditions, can complement each other to provide a new understanding of our complex histories.
Publisher: Royal British Columbia Museum
ISBN: 9780772666994
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
On a late summer day, many years ago, a young man set out on a voyage through the mountains. He never reached his destination. When his remains were discovered by three British Columbia hunters, roughly three hundred years after he was caught by a storm or other accident, his story had faded from even the long memory of the region's people. First Nations elders decided to call the discovery Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchi--Long Ago Person Found. The discovery of the Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchi man raised many questions. Who was he and how did he die? Where had he come from? Where was he going, and for what purpose? What did his world look like? But his remains, preserved in glacial ice for centuries, offered answers, too--as did the traditional knowledge and experience of the Indigenous peoples in whose territories he lived and died. In this comprehensive and collaborative account, scientific analysis and cultural knowledge interweave to describe a life that ended just as Europeans were about to arrive in the northwest. What emerges is not only a portrait of an individual and his world, but also a model for how diverse ways of knowing, in both scholarly and oral traditions, can complement each other to provide a new understanding of our complex histories.
Bodies from the Ice
Author: James M. Deem
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618800452
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The author of "Bodies from the Ash" and "Bodies from the Bog" takes readers on a captivating and creepy journey to learn about glaciers, hulking masses of moving ice that are now offering up many secrets of the past. Full color.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618800452
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The author of "Bodies from the Ash" and "Bodies from the Bog" takes readers on a captivating and creepy journey to learn about glaciers, hulking masses of moving ice that are now offering up many secrets of the past. Full color.
Across the Shaman's River
Author: Daniel Lee Henry
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602233306
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The story of one of Alaska’s last Indigenous strongholds, shut off for a century until a fateful encounter between a shaman, a preacher, and a naturalist. Tucked in the corner of Southeast Alaska, the Tlingits had successfully warded off the Anglo influences that had swept into other corners of the territory. This Native American tribe was viewed by European and American outsiders as the last wild tribe and a frustrating impediment to access. Missionaries and prospectors alike had widely failed to bring the Tlingit into their power. Yet, when naturalist John Muir arrived in 1879, accompanied by a fiery preacher, it only took a speech about “brotherhood”—and some encouragement from the revered local shaman Skandoo’o—to finally transform these “hostile heathens.” Using Muir’s original journal entries, as well as historic writings of explorers juxtaposed with insights from contemporary tribal descendants, Across the Shaman’s River reveals how Muir’s famous canoe journey changed the course of history and had profound consequences on the region’s Native Americans. “The product of three decades of thought, research, and attentive listening. . . . Henry shines a bright light on events that have long been shadowy, half-known. . . . Now, thanks to careful scholarship and his access to Tlingit oral history, we are given a different perspective on familiar events: we are inside the Tlingit world, looking out at the changes happening all around them.” —Alaska History
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602233306
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The story of one of Alaska’s last Indigenous strongholds, shut off for a century until a fateful encounter between a shaman, a preacher, and a naturalist. Tucked in the corner of Southeast Alaska, the Tlingits had successfully warded off the Anglo influences that had swept into other corners of the territory. This Native American tribe was viewed by European and American outsiders as the last wild tribe and a frustrating impediment to access. Missionaries and prospectors alike had widely failed to bring the Tlingit into their power. Yet, when naturalist John Muir arrived in 1879, accompanied by a fiery preacher, it only took a speech about “brotherhood”—and some encouragement from the revered local shaman Skandoo’o—to finally transform these “hostile heathens.” Using Muir’s original journal entries, as well as historic writings of explorers juxtaposed with insights from contemporary tribal descendants, Across the Shaman’s River reveals how Muir’s famous canoe journey changed the course of history and had profound consequences on the region’s Native Americans. “The product of three decades of thought, research, and attentive listening. . . . Henry shines a bright light on events that have long been shadowy, half-known. . . . Now, thanks to careful scholarship and his access to Tlingit oral history, we are given a different perspective on familiar events: we are inside the Tlingit world, looking out at the changes happening all around them.” —Alaska History
Principles and Practice of Variable Pressure / Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (VP-ESEM)
Author: Debbie Stokes
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470065400
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Offers a simple starting point to VPSEM, especially for new users, technicians and students containing clear, concise explanations Crucially, the principles and applications outlined in this book are completely generic: i.e. applicable to all types of VPSEM, irrespective of manufacturer. Information presented will enable reader to turn principles into practice Published in association with the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) -www.rms.org.uk
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470065400
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Offers a simple starting point to VPSEM, especially for new users, technicians and students containing clear, concise explanations Crucially, the principles and applications outlined in this book are completely generic: i.e. applicable to all types of VPSEM, irrespective of manufacturer. Information presented will enable reader to turn principles into practice Published in association with the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) -www.rms.org.uk
First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law
Author: Catherine Bell
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 077485846X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law explores First Nations perspectives on cultural heritage and issues of reform within and beyond Western law. Written in collaboration with First Nation partners, it contains seven case studies featuring indigenous concepts, legal orders, and encounters with legislation and negotiations; a national review essay; three chapters reflecting on major themes; and a self-reflective critique on the challenges of collaborative and intercultural research. Although the volume draws on specific First Nation experiences, it covers a wide range of topics of concern to Inuit, Metis, and other indigenous peoples.
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 077485846X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law explores First Nations perspectives on cultural heritage and issues of reform within and beyond Western law. Written in collaboration with First Nation partners, it contains seven case studies featuring indigenous concepts, legal orders, and encounters with legislation and negotiations; a national review essay; three chapters reflecting on major themes; and a self-reflective critique on the challenges of collaborative and intercultural research. Although the volume draws on specific First Nation experiences, it covers a wide range of topics of concern to Inuit, Metis, and other indigenous peoples.
Philosophy of Social Science
Author: Nancy Cartwright
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199645108
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
This is a much-needed new introduction to a field that has been transformed in recent years by exciting new subjects, ideas, and methods. It is designed for students in both philosophy and the social sciences. Topics include ontology, objectivity, method, measurement, and causal inference, and such issues as well-being and climate change.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199645108
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
This is a much-needed new introduction to a field that has been transformed in recent years by exciting new subjects, ideas, and methods. It is designed for students in both philosophy and the social sciences. Topics include ontology, objectivity, method, measurement, and causal inference, and such issues as well-being and climate change.
Journal of Northwest Anthropology
Author: Roderick Sprague
Publisher: Northwest Anthropology
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Towards the Identification of Lampreys (Lampetra spp.) in Archaeological Contexts - Ross E. Smith Virginia L. Butler Spirituality: Spirit Piracy and Native Sweat Lodges First Place Co-Winner, Student Graduate Prize Paper Northwest Anthropological Conference, 2008 - Line Laplante The Power of a “Hot” Haircut: Consumers and Hair Salons in Victoria, B .C. - First Place Co-Winner, Graduate Student Prize Paper Northwest Anthropological - Conference, 23–26 April 2008 - Angélique Lalonde Walí·mliyas: The Nez Perce National Historical Park Dugout Canoe Collection and Dugout Canoe Use Among the Nez Perce Indians - Bob Chenoweth Abstracts of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Northwest Anthropological Conference, Victoria, British Columbia, 23–26 April 2008
Publisher: Northwest Anthropology
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Towards the Identification of Lampreys (Lampetra spp.) in Archaeological Contexts - Ross E. Smith Virginia L. Butler Spirituality: Spirit Piracy and Native Sweat Lodges First Place Co-Winner, Student Graduate Prize Paper Northwest Anthropological Conference, 2008 - Line Laplante The Power of a “Hot” Haircut: Consumers and Hair Salons in Victoria, B .C. - First Place Co-Winner, Graduate Student Prize Paper Northwest Anthropological - Conference, 23–26 April 2008 - Angélique Lalonde Walí·mliyas: The Nez Perce National Historical Park Dugout Canoe Collection and Dugout Canoe Use Among the Nez Perce Indians - Bob Chenoweth Abstracts of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Northwest Anthropological Conference, Victoria, British Columbia, 23–26 April 2008
Northwest Coast
Author: Madonna L. Moss
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1646425146
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
From the SAA Press Current Perspectives Series, this concise overview of the archeology of the Northwest Coast of North America challenges stereotypes about complex hunter-gatherers. Madonna Moss argues that these ancient societies were first and foremost fishers and food producers and merit study outside socio-evolutionary frameworks. Moss approaches the archaeological record on its own terms, recognizing that changes through time often reflect sampling and visibility of the record itself. The book synthesizes current research and is accessible to students and professionals alike.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1646425146
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
From the SAA Press Current Perspectives Series, this concise overview of the archeology of the Northwest Coast of North America challenges stereotypes about complex hunter-gatherers. Madonna Moss argues that these ancient societies were first and foremost fishers and food producers and merit study outside socio-evolutionary frameworks. Moss approaches the archaeological record on its own terms, recognizing that changes through time often reflect sampling and visibility of the record itself. The book synthesizes current research and is accessible to students and professionals alike.
Darkening Peaks
Author: Benjamin S. Orlove
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520253056
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Discussing the ways that scientists have observed and modeled glaciers, this volume tells how climate change is altering their size and distribution, and looks closely at their effect on human life. Glaciers are important water and energy sources for those living in mountains and adjacent lowlands, as well as increase the hazards of flooding and landslides. In addition to investigating these issues and considering an array of possible responses, the contributors assess the cultural and spiritual impact of glacier retreat in this timely, comprehensive work on one of the most urgent and conspicuous consequences of global warming.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520253056
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Discussing the ways that scientists have observed and modeled glaciers, this volume tells how climate change is altering their size and distribution, and looks closely at their effect on human life. Glaciers are important water and energy sources for those living in mountains and adjacent lowlands, as well as increase the hazards of flooding and landslides. In addition to investigating these issues and considering an array of possible responses, the contributors assess the cultural and spiritual impact of glacier retreat in this timely, comprehensive work on one of the most urgent and conspicuous consequences of global warming.
Through the Lens of Anthropology
Author: Robert J. Muckle
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442608633
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442608633
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description