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Trail to Heaven : Knowledge and Narrative in a Northern Native Community
author
:
Ridington, Robin.
publisher
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University of Iowa Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0877453918
print isbn13
:
9780877453918
ebook isbn13
:
9781587292026
language
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English
subject
Tsattine philosophy, Tsattine Indians--Social life and customs, Ridington, Robin, Ethnology--Field work.
publication date
:
1992
lcc
:
E99.T77R53 1992eb
ddc
:
971.1/00497
subject
:
Tsattine philosophy, Tsattine Indians--Social life and customs, Ridington, Robin, Ethnology--Field work.
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Trail to Heaven
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Trail to Heaven
Knowledge and Narrative in a Northern Native Community
Robin Ridington
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PRESS IOWA CITY
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University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright (c) 1988 by the University of Iowa Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
Typesetting by G & S Typesetters, Austin, Texas Printing and binding by Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor, Michigan
No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Frontispiece: Dedama (Anno Davis) dancing, 1966
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ridington, Robin. Trail to heaven: knowledge and narrative in a northern Native community/by Robin Ridington1st ed. p. cm Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-87745-212-1, ISBN 0-87745-391-8 (pbk.) 1. Tsattine IndiansPhilosophy. 2. Tsattine IndiansSocial life and customs. 3. Indians of North AmericaBritish ColumbiaPhilosophy. 4. Indians of North AmericaBritish ColumbiaSocial life and customs. I. Title. E99.T77R53 1988 88-17098 971.1'00497dc19 CIP
96 95 94 93 92 P 5 4 3 2 1
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To the memory of Howard Broomfield
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CONTENTS
Introduction
ix
Part One. New Moccasins
1. A Beginning
3
2. Italian Boy Scout Vandals
4
3. Where Happiness Dwells
14
4. Sam and Jumbie
20
5. Need for Achievement
41
6. The Boy Who Knew Foxes
51
7. New Moccasins
62
8. Myth and History
70
Part Two. Swan People
9. Learning about Learning
77
10. Words of the Dreamers
80
11. An Audience with the Dreamer
97
12. Creation
116
13. A Boy Named Swan
126
14. The Name of Makenunatane Was Called
139
15. From Hunt Chief to Prophet
148
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Part Three. A Conversation with Peter, June 1968
16. Telling Secrets
161
17. Peter's Stories
165
Part Four. Old Time Religion
18. Soundman
213
19. The Old Wagon Road
220
20. Mansion on the Hill
235
21. A Bad Miracle
252
22. Rescue
268
23. A Trail of Song
279
24. In Memory
287
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