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49.

Cover image for Tales of Kitamaat : a selection of legends, folk stories and customs of the Haisla people, a branch of the Kwakiutl Indian language-group who live on the west coast of British Columbia

Tales of Kitamaat : a selection of legends, folk stories and customs of the Haisla people, a branch of the Kwakiutl Indian language-group who live on the west coast of British Columbia

Robinson, Gordon, 1918-

Publication Date

1971

Format:

Books

Call Number

398.2 ROB

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SD_ILS:2910

50.

Native accounts of Nootka ethnography

Sapir, Edward

Publication Date

1955

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Call Number

390.09711 SAP

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SD_ILS:90830

51.

Race, language and culture

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.

Publication Date

1940

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Call Number

301 BOA

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SD_ILS:459009

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Cover image for Chinook : a history and dictionary of the Northwest coast trade jargon : The centuries-old trade language of the Indians of the Pacific. A history of its origin and its adoption and use by the traders, trappers, pioneers and early settlers of the Northwest coast.

Chinook : a history and dictionary of the Northwest coast trade jargon : The centuries-old trade language of the Indians of the Pacific. A history of its origin and its adoption and use by the traders, trappers, pioneers and early settlers of the Northwest coast.

Thomas, Edward Harper, 1868-1937

Publication Date

1935

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Call Number

497.4 THO

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SD_ILS:54460

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Journal and narrative of the commercial expedition from Bombay to the northwest coast of America, [1785-87].

Strange, James.

Publication Date

1929

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Call Number

917.11 STR

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SD_ILS:9792

54.

Handbook of American Indian languages

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.

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REF 497 BOA PT.2 1922

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SD_ILS:80282

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Kwakiutl texts

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.

Publication Date

1902

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970.68 B662KW V.1

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SD_ILS:4976

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Cover image for North-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada; fifth report of the Committee appointed for the purpose of investigating and publishing reports on the physical characters, languages, and industrial and social condition of the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada.

North-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada; fifth report of the Committee appointed for the purpose of investigating and publishing reports on the physical characters, languages, and industrial and social condition of the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada.

British association for the advancement of science.

Publication Date

1889

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Books

Call Number

970.1 BRI

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SD_ILS:2207

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Native American Mythology [hoopla audiobook]

Bellacoola, Wilson, author.

Publication Date

2024

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IM5A0N A

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SD_ILS:786917

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458831

Authorized Subject Term

Salishan languages

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Indians of North America -- Languages
Northwest, Pacific -- Languages

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Yes

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449794

Authorized Subject Term

Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Languages

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Indians of North America -- Languages
Native peoples -- North America -- Languages
Aboriginal peoples -- North America -- Languages
Native languages

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names of languages, e.g. Algonquian languages, Chippewa language, Hupa language

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