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In this collection of 14 papers spanning two decades, Ridington ( Trail to Heaven : Knowledge and Narrative in a Northern Native Community ), an anthropology professor at the University of British Columbia, provides an acute, absorbing look at the customs and beliefs of the Dunne-za Indians of British Columbia. In "Fox and Chickadee," an elderly Indian named Chickadee uses storytelling to teach then-Ph.D. candidate Ridington the difference between collecting data and learning. "Telling Secrets" describes how private and public knowledge are joined as personal "vision quests" become part of the communal myth. In "A True Story," an elderly woman recalls her "vision quest," an encounter with the spirit of a sleeping bear. A glimmer of the way this hunting community adapted to trade with the European settlers is given in "From Hunt Chief to Prophet." And "The Medicine Fight" shows how a community without a formal political structure can distribute political power through an institutionalized competition. Photos not seen by PW .
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Little Bit Know Something Stories in a Language of Anthropology
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University of Iowa Press, Iowa City IA, 1990
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Hardcover. 281 pages. Several narratives gathered from the author's experience with the Dunne-za Indians, granting insight into anthropological studies. Black mark on bottom page edges. Bottom spine edge of dust jacket slightly bumped.; 5 3/4 x 9 1/4" Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 88526
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 8 vo, 281 pp, including Illustrations, Bibliography, and Index. light green cloth, blue decorated DUST JACKET In original shrink wrap from publisher. Presumed to be original hardcover printing, as no other printing is mentioned in ancillary references. Author has five other titles published between 1978 and 2006 on North American Native peoples. Seller Inventory # 1226901