Physical Description:xi, 207 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm. print
Publisher:Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre ; Gatineau : Canadian Museum of Civilization ; Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2007.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-186).
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: "An ethnologist in the outside service" -- Jeemsie Tait: "a real Shetlander," 1864-1884 -- "Wandering ways": a new life in a new land, 1884-1894 -- "The young man is a treasure": the emerging ethnographer, 1894-1910 -- First contacts with the Tahltan -- Edward Sapir and the "Ottawa Museum": 1910-1912 -- "A real start": the 1912 fieldwork season -- "Debarred from going North": 1913-1914 -- Continuation of the "Athapascan survey": the 1915 fieldwork season -- "In these hard times": 1916-1920 -- "A man of sterling worth": 1921-1922 -- Notes -- Reference list -- Appendix 1: List of artifacts, 1912 -- Appendix 2: List of song recordings, 1912 -- Appendix 3: List of artifacts, 1915 -- Appendix 4: List of song recordings, 1915 -- Appendix 5: Tahltan social organization -- Appendix 6: Outline for James Teit's Tahltan ethnography.