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Publisher:Ronsdale Press, 1997Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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- Author: McDowell, JimDate:Created1997Summary:
The first book-length study of whether cannibalism existed on the Pacific Northwest coast. McDowell shows how a "cannibal complex" among Westerners coloured many early accounts of "man-eating," and how this perception obscured the importance of ritual cannibalism in the secret Hamatsa ceremony—a crucial feature of Native spirituality.
Sujets: Cannibalism | Kwakwaka'wakw--Rites and ceremonies | North America--Northwest Coast of North America | Indigenous peoples--North America--Rites and ceremoniesOriginal Publisher: Vancouver, Ronsdale PressLanguage(s): English