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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect. Recorded by John R. Swanton.
by SWANTON, John Reed
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1905. First edition. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 29. Octavo (9.5" x 6"), 448 pages. Publisher's gilt lettered & decorated olive cloth.
Modest wear at spine extremities, corners, & edges, gilt dull, binding moderately soiled, front hinge started (still secure), internally toned, otherwise good or better.
The language of the Haida was suppressed at Native American residential schools during the late 19th & early 20th centuries in favor of the English only dictum. Today, it is estimated that fewer than 50 people speak Haida, most over age 70.
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1578
- Title
- Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect. Recorded by John R. Swanton.
- Author
- SWANTON, John Reed
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1905
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Native American, Haida, Tlingit, Skidegate Dialect, Language, John Reed Swanton, British Columbia, Alaska, Mythology, Customs, Culture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dialect; Native American; Culture, Customs, Folklore; Canada;
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