Contribution to Book
BENEDICTION: The Teachings of Chief Kwaxsistalla Adam Dick and the Atla’gimma (“Spirits of the Forest”) Dance
Plants, People, and Places: The Roles of Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology in Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights in Canada and Beyond
ISBN
9780228001836
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
8-1-2020
Subjects
- Cultural anthropology,
- Ethnoecology,
- Oral tradition,
- Indian dance -- North America
Disciplines
Abstract
Like the symposium that inspired this book, its contents are preceded by the words of Chief Kwaxsistalla wath-thla Adam Dick. His name, Kwaxsistalla – bequeathed to him by his father and grandfather, who had inherited the name from generations going back to the beginning of remembered time – is a chiefly title that means “smoke from his fire reaches around the world.” He was chief of the Qawadiliqalla (Wolf) Clan of the Dzawada7enuxw (Tsawataineuk) Kwakwa’kawakw from Kingcome Village on the mainland coast of British Columbia.
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Copyrighted by McGill-Queen's University Press
Locate the Document
The book is available online: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv153k6x6.4
DOI
10.2307/j.ctv153k6x6.4
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34493
Citation Information
Published as: Deur, D., Recalma-Clutesi, K., & White, W. (2020). BENEDICTION: The Teachings of Chief Kwaxsistalla Adam Dick and the Atla’gimma (“Spirits of the Forest”) Dance. In Turner N. (Ed.), Plants, People, and Places: The Roles of Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology in Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights in Canada and Beyond (pp. Xvii-Xxiv). Montreal; Kingston; London; Chicago: McGill-Queen's University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv153k6x6.4
This full text version is adapted with Permission from the preface of Nancy J. Turner, ed. 2020 Plants, People and Places: the Roles of Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology in Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights in Canada and Beyond. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.