Recording Their Story describes the life of James Teit, one of Canada's earliest ethnographers, and his work among the Tahltan people of northern British Columbia almost a century ago. Teit's work collecting artifacts, taking photographs, recording songs, transcribing myths, and gathering information about social organization, ceremonial life, customs, and beliefs has proved invaluable. Today, this collection is the most important extant assemblage of the Tahltan's heritage. James Teit emigrated from the Shetland Islands to British Columbia in 1884, at the age of nineteen. He reveled in the outdoor life and became, among other things, a hunting guide, a linguist who spoke several aboriginal languages fluently, and an activist for Native rights. Teit's connection to the Canadian Museum of Civilization and his ethnographic work among the Tahltan began in 1911, when he was invited to join the staff of the new Anthropology Division of the Geological Survey of Canada. Teit then worked among the Tahltan, at their request and with the participation of many within the community, in both 1912 and 1915. Judy Thompson's examination of Teit's extensive correspondence, fieldwork notebooks, diaries, and manuscripts illustrates how James Teit's life and work impacted his major ethnographic studies. Recording Their Story is part biography and part catalog of the Tahltan ethnographic collection. The book is richly illustrated throughout with 71 rare historic photographs, 51 beautiful color images of ethnographic artifacts, six line drawings, and three maps.

Recording Their Story: James Teit and the Tahltan

History

Thompson, Judy

Americas

University of Washington Press

Icelandic-Canadian Popular Verse features 274 verses and poems, both originals and translations, that reflect Icelandic immigrant life on the Prairies. Recorded in western Canada, Washington, and North Dakota in 1966-1969, these verses and poems convey the thoughts and experiences of Icelandic immigrants and their descendants. Occasional verses have been part of Icelandic written and oral tradition for centuries. They can be used in any number of ways--to express love, philosophy of lief, censure, or simply delight in the joys of daily living. As such, these verses are a uniquely revealing source of information about the emotional and intellectual life of Icelandic immigrants. In addition, the book includes photographs, an index of loanwords and phrases, and an index to poetsÕ and storytellersÕ repertoires, as well as biographical information.

From the Land: Two Hundred Years of Dene Clothing

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Canadian Museum of Civilization

Perspectives on Northern Northwest Coast Prehistory investigates paleoenvironmental influences on human settlement, theoretical concepts involved in northern Northwest Coast research, and the interplay of aboriginal oral traditions and archaeological findings. Consideration is given to the biological relationships of ancient and historic human populatins, preserved organics and their role in the identification of ethnicity, zooarchaeological remains and their bearing on subsistence and seasonality, the emergence and maintenance of ranked society, and protohistoric competition and trade. A final chapter treats the crucial issue of site preservation and increasing First Nations involvement. Thirteen scientists provide insight into the archaeology of the north coast of British Columbia in celebration of fieldwork begun by George F. MacDonald for the National Museum of Canada in 1966. A decadeÕs worth of field seasons saw excavation at 18 sites representing 5000 years of human occupation. The introduction provides an overview of fieldwork at Prince Rupert Harbour where most of the archaeology was done. Jerome S. Cybulski is Curator of Physical Anthropology at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Fascinating Challenges: Studying Material Culture With Dorothy Burnham (Mercury Series-Canadian Ethnology Service, 136)

HALL, JUDY

Burnham, Dorothy K.

Tepper, Leslie Heyman

Canadian Ethnology Service

Canadian Mus of Civilization

Baskets made from coiled spruce roots once were commonplace items in many Dene homes. The craft died out, however, in the nineteenth century, as copper kettles became available through trade with Europeans. By the end of the twentieth century, all that remained to attest to this ancient tradition were a few baskets in museum collations. In 1999, Suzan Marie, a Dene with a passion for the traditional arts of her people, saw a photograph of one of these baskets and initiated a project to reintroduce the lost art of spruce root basketry to small Dene communities. This book tells the story of this modern revival of a traditional skill, and of the museum collections that were essential to the process. It is richly illustrated with photographs of baskets - both those collected in the nineteenth century and those made recently by a new generation of Dene basket-makers. Also included are detailed descriptions and illustrations of the processes involved in making a basket, from harvesting of spruce roots to coiling technique. This book will be a resource for anyone interested in Dene culture and heritage. It will also serve as a practical guide to artisans wishing to make a Dene spruce root basket.

Dene Spruce Root Basketry: Revival of a Tradition (Mercury Series (0316-1854))

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Narue, Suzan

Crafts & Hobbies

Canadian Museum of History

Garments made from tanned animal hides afforded Northern Athapaskans protection against a harsh northern environment, but the striking features of this clothing are also a distinctive part of the traditional culture of the Indigenous peoples of North America's western subarctic. Beautifully decorated with quillwork, fringes, and pigments, they provide a means of artistic expression signifying ethnic identity and conveying information about the physical, social, and spiritual well-being of the wearer. Women's Work, Women's Art, the culmination of over forty years of research, is the first comprehensive study of this little-known aspect of Athapaskan culture. Encompassing all Northern Athapaskan groups, it chronicles a period that saw significant change in Aboriginal culture and the persistence of ancient traditions among the women who made and adorned this clothing. Individual chapters address the various roles and functions of clothing in Athapaskan societies, the technology of clothing production and design, and characteristic regional styles. Bringing together information from the writings of traders, explorers, missionaries, Athapaskan oral traditions, and community interviews with a wealth of visual materials - from rare early sketches to twentieth century photographs - Women's Work, Women's Art is an engaging and definitive study of Athapaskan clothing and culture.

Women's Work, Women's Art: Nineteenth-Century Northern Athapaskan Clothing (Volume 68) (McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies)

McGill-Queen's University Press

Purchased from an estate sale. In like new condition.

Pride of the Indian Wardrobe: Northern Athabaskan Footwear (Batashoe Museum Foundation)

Univ of Toronto Pr

Pride of the Indian Wardrobe: Northern Athabaskan Footwear (Batashoe Museum Foundations)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

A revolutionary teaching manual for both teachers and students of English as a second language. Introduces the English Phonetic Alphabet.

English Is Stupid, Students Are Not

Reference

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Thompson Language Center

Companion to Chapter One of English is Stupid, a revolutionary pronunciation manual for both teachers and students of English as a second language. No one can learn to speak English from reading it. The English Phonetic Alphabet (EPA) is a simple, logical pronunciation tool designed to bridge written to spoken English especially for English language learners and suitable for every level of ESL/EFL. EPA has its own collaborative wiki site: www.englishphoneticalphabet.pbworks.com

Workbook - English Phonetic Alphabet

Brigden, Noreen

Foreign Language Study & Reference

How Do You Say? is a speaking and writing resource for all English learners. It bridges speaking and spelling with a simple, logical color system. Because the names of colors are the first thing a student learns in a new language, colors provide access to pronunciation and spelling for even the most novice learners. The icing on the cake in this inclusive publication is it uses only standard keyboard symbols (English Phonetic Alphabet) for its phonetic forms. 
How Do You Say? works like magic. By happy accident the 16 vowel sounds of English are featured in the names of 16 common colors. The sound dictionary organizes the 2000 most common English words by the color of their main vowel sound. Regardless of crazy English spelling, learners remember the pronuncation of words by the color of its main vowel sound. 
- head, said, next, friend and guest are Red words as they share the same main vowel sound
- boot, suit, shoe, new, you, two and beautiful are Blue
- pretty, city, sister, busy, women and build are Pink and so on
How Do You Say? is also a writing resource as students can find the spelling of words they hear.
Last but not least How Do You Say? is a dictionary of expressions critical for advanced learners. English is abstract. Red chair, red sweater and red chair are things colored red. Red tape, red eye and red letter are something else entirely (bureaucracy, overnight flight and good news). How Do You Say? contains thousands of expressions sourced by the color of their main words.

How Do You Say?: Dictionary

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