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Canada: Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources - National Museum of Canada, 1960 VERY RARE OUT OF PRINT EDITION. Illustrated with out of text photographs at the end of the book. Natives texts in Huron-Wyandot language. Blank stickers on second cover and bottom of spine. Ex-library copy with few marks. Stain at the base of cover and spine. Soft cover. Good.
Huron-Wyandot Traditional Narratives in Translations and Native Texts by BARBEAU, Marius - 1960
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Ottawa: Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, 1960. Card Covers. Good. vi, 338 p. 25 cm. One map and 14 b&w plates. National Museum of Canada Bulletin No. 165. Grey card covers with black print have some soiling. Spine ends chipped. Pages clean. Text unmarked.
Huron-Wyandot was an Iroquoian dialect spoken along the St. Lawrence and Huronia in the 17th century. These are some of their traditional narratives, simple and direct in form. The compiler of these texts interviewed Catherine Coon, Smith Nichols, Star (Hiram) Young, Mary McKee, John Kayrahoo, Allen Johnson, Eldredge H. Brown, Mary Kelley, Henry Stand. The author hired his informants and interpreters and took their narratives down in dictation using phonetics. The 40 texts include "Phratries established," "The beaver teeth as a charm," "How a famine was ended," "The pumpkin and the rabbit," "The Wyandots at war with the Senecas," "How the whites fought the Wyandots," etc. Bibliography included.
Huron-Wyandot was an Iroquoian dialect spoken along the St. Lawrence and Huronia in the 17th century. These are some of their traditional narratives, simple and direct in form. The compiler of these texts interviewed Catherine Coon, Smith Nichols, Star (Hiram) Young, Mary McKee, John Kayrahoo, Allen Johnson, Eldredge H. Brown, Mary Kelley, Henry Stand. The author hired his informants and interpreters and took their narratives down in dictation using phonetics. The 40 texts include "Phratries established," "The beaver teeth as a charm," "How a famine was ended," "The pumpkin and the rabbit," "The Wyandots at war with the Senecas," "How the whites fought the Wyandots," etc. Bibliography included.
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- Publisher Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources
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- Date Published 1960
- Keywords Huron, Wyandot, native, aboriginal, Iroquois, St. Lawrence, Huronia, Seneca, Anthropology, First Nations, Canadiana
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Canada: Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, 1960. Softcover; small 4to; 338 pages. In publisher's card wraps, prev. owner's name on front. Sunned spine, somewhat creased as usual for this binding style. Bumped head-edge. Bright and clean interior. VG. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good.
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National Museum of Canada, 1960. Hardcover; large 8vo/small 4to; 338 pages. Scarce. HC edition. Red cloth with gilt on spine and upper board. Gently rubbed edges. Off-white but bright clean interior, slightly musty. VG/--. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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National Museum of Canada, 1960. Bulletin 165, Anthropological Series No. 47. 338 pages in very good, clean condition; slightly yellowed. Fourteen plates at the back. Previous owner's small stamp on the ffep. Red cloth with gilt titles. Spine and edges a little faded. Light wear on corners and edges. Scarce in hard cover. VG. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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