Haida eagle treasures : Tsath Lanas history and narratives

Summary: "Each story and recollection that Pansy Collison has gathered in this book is a treasure that captures the beauty of the Haida culture and Tsath Lanas Clan. She draws on the vast knowledge of her own grandmother, a respected Elder in the community, and her loving mother to illustrate what it means to live as a Haida."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781550593884
ISBN: 978550593884
ISBN: 1550593889
Physical Description: print
242 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Calgary : Detselig Enterprises, [2010].
Copyright: ©2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface by Dr. Frederick White -- Book review by Dr. Deagle -- About the Author --About the Illustrator -- Introduction: Celebrating Haida Culture through Storytelling -- The Greatest Mentor In my Life, My Dear Precious Grandmother -- How the Haida People Were Created -- The Haida Women and the Bears -- Bears and Picking Berries -- Chinny Benjamin -- Our Precious Gifts -- My Beautiful Mother -- Tribute to my Mother -- My Precious Children -- Beliefs of the Haida People -- Golden Spruce -- Drum Making -- Button Blankets -- Weaving -- The Haida Chief Who Build [sic] an Island -- Tow and Tow-Ustahsin -- The Raven and the Moon -- Traditions and Culture -- Basket Full of Stories -- Listen to our Elders -- Education and Culture -- Trails and Tribulations -- I Believe -- Protecting Our Land -- What Does Culture Mean To Me? -- My Loved Ones -- Haida Glossary -- References.