Potlatch: Native Ceremony and Myth on the Northwest Coast
Autor Mary Giraudo Beck Ilustrat de Marvin Oliveren Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 feb 2013
Among the Northwest Coast Indians (Tlingit, Haida, and others), potlatches traditionally are lavish community gatherings marking important events, such as funerals or marriages. In celebrations that often last many days, sumptuous meals are served; legends about clans and ancestors are sung and enacted with dances, masks, costumes, and drums; totem poles are often raised; and gifts are presented to all guests. Through this custom, cultural ties are renewed and strengthened.
Using details from historical potlatches, and skillfully weaving in legends about animals and spirits revered by Natives—Raven, Grizzly Bear, Salmon, Frog—Mary Beck creates a compelling account of the potlatch ceremony and its place in a community’s celebration of life, death, and continuity.
Using details from historical potlatches, and skillfully weaving in legends about animals and spirits revered by Natives—Raven, Grizzly Bear, Salmon, Frog—Mary Beck creates a compelling account of the potlatch ceremony and its place in a community’s celebration of life, death, and continuity.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780882408200
ISBN-10: 0882408208
Pagini: 127
Ilustrații: 10 black-and-white line drawings
Dimensiuni: 154 x 228 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: ALASKA NORTHWEST BOOKS
ISBN-10: 0882408208
Pagini: 127
Ilustrații: 10 black-and-white line drawings
Dimensiuni: 154 x 228 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: ALASKA NORTHWEST BOOKS
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Cuprins
Acknowledgments 4
INTRODUCTION 5
Raven Survives 12
CREMATION AND SMOKING FEAST 13
Raven Creates the Tides 22
PREPARATIONS 23
Raven and the Flood 34
THE INVITATION 35
Raven s Creations 44
HOUSE BUILDING 45
In the Whales Belly 54
WELCOME 55
Raven Sends Fish to the Streams 62
THE POTLATCH 63
Raven in a Fog 76
GIFTS AND PARTIES 77
Raven Loses His Beak 96
PRESTIGE POTLATCH 97
Raven and the Magic Seal Catcher 108
PEACE CEREMONY 109
Further Reading 126
INTRODUCTION 5
Raven Survives 12
CREMATION AND SMOKING FEAST 13
Raven Creates the Tides 22
PREPARATIONS 23
Raven and the Flood 34
THE INVITATION 35
Raven s Creations 44
HOUSE BUILDING 45
In the Whales Belly 54
WELCOME 55
Raven Sends Fish to the Streams 62
THE POTLATCH 63
Raven in a Fog 76
GIFTS AND PARTIES 77
Raven Loses His Beak 96
PRESTIGE POTLATCH 97
Raven and the Magic Seal Catcher 108
PEACE CEREMONY 109
Further Reading 126
Recenzii
“Beck presents a compelling account of the potlatch ceremony and its place in one community’s celebrations of life . . . she weaves in legends and gives a good picture of the Tlingits beliefs and a view of how their society worked and survived.”
—Debbie Carter, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
“Mary Giraudo Beck’s Potlatch is a rich anthropological history of the ceremonies of giving celebrated by the native peoples of Alaska, Canada, Washington, and Oregon. Using the tradition of storytelling, and help from Raven, her books brings to life these gatherings.”
—Elliott Bay Booknotes
—Debbie Carter, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
“Mary Giraudo Beck’s Potlatch is a rich anthropological history of the ceremonies of giving celebrated by the native peoples of Alaska, Canada, Washington, and Oregon. Using the tradition of storytelling, and help from Raven, her books brings to life these gatherings.”
—Elliott Bay Booknotes
“Mary Beck, in this fine little book, serves up a short course in what [potlatches] were all about and includes nine of the best raven stories. Marvin Oliver’s drawings with the raven stories are exquisite.”
—Daily Sitka Sentinel, Sitka, Alaska
“In Potlatch, Beck used details from historical potlatches to paint a vivid and moving portrait of this colorful and dramatic ceremony.”
—Capital City Weekly
“Mary Giraudo Beck . . . chooses her stories carefully and retells them with grace and clarity. Her efforts are complemented by the fine illustrations of Marvin Oliver and the appealing design and production provided by the publisher.”
—Anchorage Daily News
—Daily Sitka Sentinel, Sitka, Alaska
“In Potlatch, Beck used details from historical potlatches to paint a vivid and moving portrait of this colorful and dramatic ceremony.”
—Capital City Weekly
“Mary Giraudo Beck . . . chooses her stories carefully and retells them with grace and clarity. Her efforts are complemented by the fine illustrations of Marvin Oliver and the appealing design and production provided by the publisher.”
—Anchorage Daily News
Notă biografică
Mary Beck is the author of three popular books on the Native heritage of Southeast Alaska: Heroes and Heroines in Tlingit-Haida Legend, Potlatch: Native Ceremony and Myth on the Northwest Coast, and Shamans and Kuchtakas: North Coast Tales of the Supernatural. A longtime resident of Ketchikan, Alaska, Beck taught literature and writing at Ketchikan Community College for more than thirty years. Mary Beck now lives in Bellevue, Washington.
Illustrator Marvin Oliver is one of the Northwest Coast’s foremost contemporary sculptors and printmakers, who has made strides in the art world for the development and recognition of Native American Contemporary Fine Art. Oliver is Professor of American Indian Studies and Art at the University of Washington, and serves as Adjunct Curator of Contemporary Native American Art at the Burke Museum. He also holds a part-time post at the University of Alaska Ketchikan.
Illustrator Marvin Oliver is one of the Northwest Coast’s foremost contemporary sculptors and printmakers, who has made strides in the art world for the development and recognition of Native American Contemporary Fine Art. Oliver is Professor of American Indian Studies and Art at the University of Washington, and serves as Adjunct Curator of Contemporary Native American Art at the Burke Museum. He also holds a part-time post at the University of Alaska Ketchikan.
Comentariile autorului
“For centuries Pacific Northwest Coast peoples from Alaska, Canada, Washington, and Oregon have held potlatches to honor the dead and sometimes also to celebrate births and marriages. These elaborate ceremonies employed complex symbolism and included singing, dancing, recitations of lineages and rights, distribution of gifts, and hosting a lavish feast. Invited guests witnessed these activities and thereby validated their hosts’ claims to names, rank, and property. But the claims of the guest to their own rank and prestige were enhanced through the honor accorded them in the position of their assigned seats and the value of the gifts they received, both being determined by the individual’s wealth and status.”
—Mary Beck from the Introduction
—Mary Beck from the Introduction
Extras
After the four days of feasting and entertainment, the time came for the serious memorial potlatch celebration at the house built for this ceremony, when host groups mourned the deceased chief and all their dead.
The nakani ushered guests and hosts to their assigned seats, making every effort to avoid conflict among guests, treating all with equal solemnity. The nakani sat both chiefs side by side. First came the Frog clan chief Qoxkan of Tina Hit with regal stride and solemn bearing, his head high and eyes straight ahead. With equal courtesy and decorum the nakani escorted Dog Salmon chief, Tanaxh of Til Hit, to his place next to the Frog clan chief. Then members of these houses were led to the seats that their rank required.
The nakani ushered guests and hosts to their assigned seats, making every effort to avoid conflict among guests, treating all with equal solemnity. The nakani sat both chiefs side by side. First came the Frog clan chief Qoxkan of Tina Hit with regal stride and solemn bearing, his head high and eyes straight ahead. With equal courtesy and decorum the nakani escorted Dog Salmon chief, Tanaxh of Til Hit, to his place next to the Frog clan chief. Then members of these houses were led to the seats that their rank required.
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In Potlatch, Mary Giraudo Beck paints a vivid portrait of the colorful, dramatic potlatch ceremony that is central to Pacific Northwest Native culture.
Descriere
Among the Northwest Coast Indians (Tlingit, Haida, and others), potlatches traditionally are lavish community gatherings marking important events, such as funerals or marriages. In celebrations that often last many days, sumptuous meals are served; legends about clans and ancestors are sung and enacted with dances, masks, costumes, and drums; totem poles are often raised; and gifts are presented to all guests. Through this custom, cultural ties are renewed and strengthened.
Using details from historical potlatches, and skillfully weaving in legends about animals and spirits revered by Natives—Raven, Grizzly Bear, Salmon, Frog—Mary Beck creates a compelling account of the potlatch ceremony and its place in a community’s celebration of life, death, and continuity.
Using details from historical potlatches, and skillfully weaving in legends about animals and spirits revered by Natives—Raven, Grizzly Bear, Salmon, Frog—Mary Beck creates a compelling account of the potlatch ceremony and its place in a community’s celebration of life, death, and continuity.