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Availability:In StockContributor:Jolynn Amrine (Editor)Publish date:2019-03-01Pages:372
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496207654ISBN-10:1496207653UPC:9781496207654Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, Folklore & Mythology, Indigenous Peoples in the AmericasBook Topic:AmericanSize:8.20 x 8.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCMAGZC2CJ
Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
In Chehalis Stories Jolynn Amrine Goertz and the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation in western Washington have assembled a collaborative volume of traditional stories collected by the anthropologist Franz Boas from tribal knowledge keepers in the early twentieth century. Both Boas and Amrine Goertz worked with past and present elders, including Robert Choke, Marion Davis, Peter Heck, Blanche Pete Dawson, and Jonas Secena, in collecting and contextualizing traditional knowledge of the Chehalis people.

The elders shared stories with Boas at a critical juncture in Chehalis history, when assimilation efforts during the 1920s affected almost every aspect of Chehalis life. These are stories of transformation, going away, and coming back. The interwoven adventures of tricksters and transformers in Coast Salish narratives recall the time when people and animals lived together in the Chehalis River Valley. Catastrophic floods, stolen children, and heroic rescues poignantly evoke the resiliency of the people who have preserved these stories for generations.

Working with contemporary Chehalis peoples, Amrine Goertz has extensively reviewed the work of anthropologists in Western Washington. This important collection examines the methodologies, shortcomings, and limitations of anthropologists' relationship with Chehalis people and presents complementary approaches to fieldwork and its contextualization.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496207654ISBN-10:1496207653UPC:9781496207654Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, Folklore & Mythology, Indigenous Peoples in the AmericasBook Topic:AmericanSize:8.20 x 8.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCMAGZC2CJ
Jolynn Amrine Goertz is a professor of English in composition and ethnic/multicultural studies at South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia, Washington. She lives in Oakville, Washington.


Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

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