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Oliver Wells, naturalist, writer, ethnographer, farmer, and stock breeder, was born in 1907 at the pioneer farm established by his family three generations before in the valley of the Chilliwack River. The name of this farm, Edenbank, echoes the rich heritage and idealist aspirations of the pioneer family who came to the valley to establish a new way of life in this new land. Their neighbors were the Chilliwacks, the native Canadians who live in the area. In the 1950s, sensing that the people with whom his family had shared the land for generations were on the threshold of losing their culture and traditions in the face of ever-growing pressure of settlement in the area, he began work on preserving, with the Native community, their way of life and their history.

While Wells was not a trained ethnographer, he brought to his work a vitality possible only for a man who can draw on generations of intimacy and wide-ranging friendships within the community. With tape recorder, notebook, and sketch pad, he began recording the lives and memories of his friends in exhaustive detail. He did not record this information as an outsider he took an active part in an attempt to actually revitalize the culture and traditions of his friends. He is credited, for example, with reviving the Salish weaving techniques of the community which are now famous throughout the world.

A representative selection of Wells’s transcribed conversations with his Native friends is presented in this volume. Together with articles, legends, photographs, and a naturalist’s guide to the area, the interviews offer an intimate, thoughtful and informed introduction to the Chilliwacks and their neighbors.

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  • PublisherTalonbooks
  • Publication date1987
  • ISBN 10 088922255X
  • ISBN 13 9780889222557
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Card covers show light shelf wear, small crease front bottom edge. ; A bright, solid book, illustrated with B&W photos ; Trade PB; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 226 pages; Oliver Wells 1907-1970 spent many hours researching a Chilliwack native history but was killed in a traffic accident before this could be finished. His daughter Marie Weeden was determined to finish his work and approached Dr.Ralph Maud (SFU) and Dr. Brent Galloway (linguist) to help her transcribe the many tapes of oral history that Wells had accumulated while interviewing his native friends. Wells had grown up on a farm in the valley of the Chilliwack River and made friends with the native people of the area. While not an ethnographer, his affection for these people and desire help them retain their culture has resulted in this book as well as the revival of the Salish weaving techniques they used. This book contains many of these interviews along with photos, maps and drawings. Seller Inventory # 21657

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