The Kwakiutl Of Vancouver Island Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Indians of the Northwest Coast When consideration is given to the tribes Of the south, however, the question becomes more com plicated. It will be more convenient to discuss them first by referring to their speech. They belong to two separate linguistic classes; the Wakashan and the Salish. The former consists of two languages, the Kwakiutl and Nootka; the main body of the Kwakiutl are on the northern part of Vancouver Island, the neighboring smaller islands, and the adjacent mainland to the east. Geographically isolated to the north are two dialects; the Haisla and the Heiltsuk, the best known tribes being the Bella Bella, bordering on Fitz hugh Sound and the Kitlope on Gardiner Channel. They are separated from the other Kwakiutl and affiliated closely with a Salish-speaking people, the Bella Coola, who live on Burke Channel and its exten sions. The Nootka are confined to the west coast of Vancouver Island, unless one includes with them the Makah, a tribe closely related in speech living on the American side of the straits of San Juan de Fuca. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.