Myth and memory : stories of Indigenous-European contact
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
077481263X
ISBN 13
9780774812634
LCCN
JV305.M98
DDC
305.8
Category
Indigenous Law
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Publication Year
2007
Publisher
Pages
236
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Abstract
"Myth and Memory explores the narratives of indigenous and newcomer populations from New Zealand and across North America, from the Lost Colony of Roanoke on the Atlantic seaboard of the United States to the Pacific Northwest and as far as Sitka, Alaska. It illustrates how indigenous and explorer accounts of the same meetings reflect fundamentally different systems of thought, and focuses on the cultural misunderstandings embedded in these stories. The contributors discuss the contemporary relevance, production, and performance of Aboriginal and European contact narratives, and introduce new tools for interpreting the genre. They argue that we are still in the contact zone, striving to understand the meaning of contact and the relationship between indigenous and settler populations."--Jacket.
Description
Contents:
Close encounters of the first kind / J. Edward Chamberlin -- First contact as a spiritual performance : encounters on the North American West Coast / John Sutton Lutz -- Reflections on indigenous history and memory : reconstructing and reconsidering contact / Keith Thor Carson -- Poking fun : humour and power in Kaska contact narratives / Patrick Moore -- Herbert Spencer, Paul Kane, and the making of "The Chinook" / I.S. MacLaren -- Performing paradox : narrativity and the Lost Colony of Roanoke / Michael Harkin -- Stories from the margins : toward a more inclusive British Columbia historiography / Wendy Wickwire -- When the white Kawau flies / Judith Binney -- The interpreter as contact point : avoiding collisions in Tlingit America / Richard Dauenhauer and Nora Marks Dauenhauer.
Close encounters of the first kind / J. Edward Chamberlin -- First contact as a spiritual performance : encounters on the North American West Coast / John Sutton Lutz -- Reflections on indigenous history and memory : reconstructing and reconsidering contact / Keith Thor Carson -- Poking fun : humour and power in Kaska contact narratives / Patrick Moore -- Herbert Spencer, Paul Kane, and the making of "The Chinook" / I.S. MacLaren -- Performing paradox : narrativity and the Lost Colony of Roanoke / Michael Harkin -- Stories from the margins : toward a more inclusive British Columbia historiography / Wendy Wickwire -- When the white Kawau flies / Judith Binney -- The interpreter as contact point : avoiding collisions in Tlingit America / Richard Dauenhauer and Nora Marks Dauenhauer.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Number of Copies
1
