Extraordinary Accounts of Native Life on the West Coast: Words from Huu-ay-aht Ancestors - Softcover

Kathryn Bridge

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551537915 ISBN 13: 9781551537917

Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd., 2004

Synopsis

The Huu-ay-aht people have ruled their territory along the southeastern shores of Barkley Sound for 5,000 years. Here for the first time is a collection of stories written from the Huu-ay-aht perspective and as told over countless generations by chiefs and elders. You'll meet supernatural beings, chiefs, warriors and whalers, and learn about life before the arrival of outsiders.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Huu-ay-aht people have ruled their territory along the southeastern shores of Barkley Sound for 5000 years. Here for the first time is a collection written from the Huu-ay-aht perspective, as told over countless generations by native chiefs and elders. We meet chiefs, supernatural beings, warriors, and whalers, and learn about life before the first outsiders.

About the Author:

Kathryn Bridge is an archivist and historian who lives in Victoria, BC. She has written several books about pioneers in British Columbia, including By Snowshoe, Buckboard and Steamer (winner of the 1998 Lieutenant-Governor's Medal for Historical Writing) and Phyllis Munday: Mountaineer (a finalist at the Banff Mountain Book Festival and a runner-up for the Van City Book Prize). Over the years she and her family have explored, camped and boated in many of the coastal areas of Vancouver Island.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd.
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1551537915
• ISBN 13: 9781551537917
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144