At 140 pages and an 8x10 format, this historical textbook presents the traditional culture, oral literature, and history of the southernmost Salishan-speaking tribes in North America. Based on Franz Boas’s 1890 field notes and interviews with Hyas John (a.k.a. John Baxter, a Nestucca from the village of Neskowin), this book documents his ancestral lifeways, beliefs, and literary texts.
At 140 pages and an 8x10 format, this historical textbook presents the traditional culture, oral literature, and history of the southernmost Salishan-speaking tribes in North America. Based on Franz Boas’s 1890 field notes and interviews with Hyas John (a.k.a. John Baxter, a Nestucca from the village of Neskowin), this book documents his ancestral lifeways, beliefs, and literary texts.
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