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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Stewart, Hilary, 1924-     Subjects     Indians of North America -- Fishing -- Northwest Coast of North America.     First Nations -- Fishing -- British Columbia.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Stewart, Hilary, 1924-       by title:      Indian fishing : ear...       by call number:      639.209795 S849i     Search the Web     Stewart, Hilary, 1924-     Indians of North America -- Fishing -- Northwest Coast of North America.     First Nations -- Fishing -- British Columbia.       MARC Display

Indian fishing : early methods on the Northwest Coast / Hilary Stewart. by Stewart, Hilary, 1924- Douglas & McIntyre, 2018. Call #: 639.209795 S849i Subjects Indians of North America -- Fishing -- Northwest Coast of North America.   First Nations -- Fishing -- British Columbia. ISBN:  9781771621854 (pbk.) Edition:  40th anniversary ed. Description:  181 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. x 26 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  The people of the sea -- Hook, line and sinker -- Spears and harpoons -- Nets and netting --- Traps and weirs -- Cooking and preserving fish -- Spiritual realms. Summary:  "Of the many resources available to the First Nations of the Northwest Coast, the most vital was fish. The people devised ingenious ways of catching the different species of fish, creating a technology vastly different from that of today's industrial world. With attention to clarity and detail, Hilary Stewart illustrates their hooks, lines, sinkers, lures, floats, clubs, spears, harpoons, nets, traps, rakes and gaffs, showing how these were made and used in over 450 remastered drawings and 75 photographs. With material gathered from museum archives, fish camps and coastal village elders, the scope of this classic volume covers everything from how the catch was butchered, cooked, rendered and preserved to the attributes of fish designs on household and ceremonial objects--images that tell of fishing's importance to the whole culture. The spiritual aspects of fishing are also described--prayers and ceremonies in gratitude and honour to the fish, as well as customs and taboos indicating the people's respect for this life-giving resource. An incredibly varied and highly refined assemblage of tools, techniques and knowledge, the culmination of thousands of years of evolutionary development, Indian Fishing is more than a bare account of the technology of fishing; it is about fish and fishing in the total lives of the Northwest Coast people. A classic, thoroughly researched and informative text, it examines fishing techniques of a people who have lived on the coast for over 9,000 years to reveal their complex and rich culture."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection 639.209795 S849i Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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