My old people say: Part 1

Download or read book My old people say: Part 1 written by Catharine McClellan and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long out-of-print, My Old People Say has remained a primary resource for students of the history and culture of northwestern North America. Catherine McClellan’s three decades of collaboration with the Inland Tlingit, Tagish and Southern Tutchone resulted in two splendid, scholarly volumes that document rich and detailed memories of late nineteenth century social organization, subsistence strategies and resource allocation, as well as aesthetic, spiritual and intellectual traditions.