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This book is a transcribing of an oral history of the Dunne-za the subarctic Beaver Indians. It is also the story of the author's interactions with the group.
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- PublisherDouglas & McIntyre
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0888946287
- ISBN 13 9780888946287
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages301
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Trail to Heaven
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Book Description Condition: Good. 1st. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 10589651-75
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Trail to Heaven: Knowledge and Narrative in a Northern Native Community
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Book Description Condition: Fair. Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within. Seller Inventory # bk0888946287xvz189zvxacp
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Trail to Heaven : Knowledge and Narrative on a Northern Native Community
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine (-). First Edition (stated). An anthropologist's experience with the sub-arctic Beaver Indians, the Dunne-za. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His stamp to the ffep. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 301 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, orange eps, photo frontis; no defects. Cover: teal, gilt titles spine; no shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, glossy tan, teal artwork front, teal titles front/spine; minimal edge/shelfwear, spine and adjacent surface moderately sunned and faded. Seller Inventory # 035668
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Trail to Heaven. Knowledge and Narrative in a Northern Native Community
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 301 pp. Photographs, references, index. Jacket has barest hint of sunning to spine otherwise Fine/Fine. Seller Inventory # 263586
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Trail to Heaven; Knowledge and Narrative in a Northern Native Community
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Book Description [0-88894-628-7] 1988. (hardcover) As new in as new dust jacket. xv, 301pp. 8vo. A book that is much like two books in one, in that it presents an oral history, the knowledge and way of life of the Dunne-za people, and also stands as the story of the author's experience and relationship with their community based on his nearly 25 years of time with them. As new. Seller Inventory # 129940
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TRAIL TO HEAVEN Knowledge and Narrative in a Northern Native Community
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. Ex-Library copy with usual library markings, otherwise clean and well bound. 6 X 9" 301 pages from 1988. Trail to Heaven is an unusual and captivating book. On one level, it is an oral history of the Dunne-za, the subarctic Beaver Indians. On another level, it is the author's story of his close involvement with these people. At the time of writing this book, Robin Ridington had spent nearly twenty-five years with the Dunne-za and describes moments in the life of their community, revealing the dynamics of change and stability among them as well as the ideas and assumptions that sustain them. Ridington is associate professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia and has studied with the Dunne-za since 1964. Seller Inventory # 40049
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