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The WSANEC and Their Neighbours

The WSANEC and Their Neighbours
Author: Diamond Jenness and Barnett Richling
Price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 1772442372
ISBN-13: 9781772442373
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In1935, National Museum of Canada anthropologist Diamond Jenness did several months of fieldwork with the Coast Salish peoples of southwestern Vancouver Island. His main focus was the WSANEC. Local elders shared with him their knowledge of the “old ways.” Covering everything from fishing practices and marriage customs to conceptions of the natural world around them, the elders filled Jenness’ notebooks with the substance of what stood to become a major contribution to the growing literature on the indigenous peoples of Canada’s Pacific northwest. But when he was called away to other duties, his partly-finished manuscript was set aside. Now, with publication of The WSANEC and their Neighbours, the words and insights of those elders, written down eighty years ago, are available for the first time. Drawing on Jenness’ notes, editor Barnett Richling has completed the book as originally planned, supplementing the material with annotations,  illustrations, and a collection of Salish myths and legends the anthropologist recorded during the same field trip. The result is a highly readable account, a blend of ethnography and oral history favouring description over analysis, and plain language over jargon. This body of WSANEC traditional knowledge comprises a valuable addition to scholarship on Coast Salish peoples.