William Beynon's notebooks are among the most significant written records of Northwest coast potlatching and are an unsurpassed resource documenting these activities among the Gitksan. This rare, first-hand, ethnographic account of a potlatch reveals the wonderful complexities of the events the took place in Gitsegukla in 1945.
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Margaret Anderson (editor) is Regional Chair and Program Coordinator, Northwest for the University of Northern British Columbia, and the editor of the Tsimshian: Images of the Past, Views for the Present.
Before her untimely death in 2001, Marjorie Halpin (editor) taught in the Department of Anthropology and was a curator at the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia. Among her books is Totem Poles: An Illustrated Guide. .
A meticulously transcribed and annotated version of these notes, set in a rich interpretive context. -- Society for Study of Indigenous Languages of Americas, April 2000
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