An exciting story of a boy's growth to manhood which gives an excellent picture of the life and culture of the North Pacific Indians in the Pre-Columbian period.
Pacific Coast
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Auteur:Haig-Brown, Roderick L.Sommaire: -
Auteur:Gear, AlisonSommaire:Taan's moons is an art-based picture book developed by Alison Gear, Kiki van der Heiden, and the student artists of Haida Gwaii. In Haida language taan refers to the bear, and the Haida people have a unique way of recording time...
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Auteur:Vickers, Roy HenrySommaire:Thousands of years ago in the village of Kitkatla, four hunters leave home in the spring to harvest seaweed and sockeye. When they arrive at their fishing grounds, exhaustion makes them lazy and they throw their anchor overboard without...
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Auteur:Acorn, John, Baron, NancySommaire:"Award-winning author Nancy Baron and television's The Nature Nut, John Acorn, have teamed up to write this insightful book. More than 200 species of common West Coast birds are grouped by their similarity of appearance and colour coded...
- Auteur:SkaaySommaire:
Skaay of the Qquuna Qiighawaay was born in the Haida village of Qquuna about 1827 and lived most of his adult life in the village of Ttanuu. He survived the epidemics that annihilated more than nine-tenths of the Haida population, and...
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Auteur:Penn, BrionySommaire:A freshly designed, new edition of a funny weekly chronicle that offers a year-long, intimate view of the flora and fauna populating the West Coast. A Year on the Wild Side is a witty commentary on the social and natural history of...
