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458f, 459
Haisla 21-3, 160, 462
see also : poles
haldane, agnes ( fl. c. 1950) 473f
howard, victoria ( c. 1870-1930)
hanc'ibyjim ( c. 1872- c. 1940) 393,
473, 495
497
human beings 68, 121
Hanis 451, 473
origins 260-2, 480
Harrington, John Peabody (1884—
Hunt, George s ee Q'ix_itasu'
1961) 117, 453, 473
Hupa 118, 161, 192, 453, 473
Harrison, Charles ( c. 1850-1926) 448
Hymes, Dell (1927-2009) 15, 446, 467,
harry, anna nelson (1906-1982)
494f, 495, 496, 499
202, 205, 472, 473
hartless, william ( fl. c. 1914) 495
ideas in literature 161f
Haydn, Franz Josef (1732-1809) 63,
Iidansaa 181, 447, 486
133
see also : Daxhiigang; Gwaayang
Opus 33 quartets 196
Gwanhlin
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imkyanvaan ( fl. c. 1925) 117f, 194, 473
King, Martin Luther Jr (1929-1968)
India, literatures of 255f, 364, 366, 478
336
inyokutavere ( fl. c. 1890) 333-5,
Kingagwaaw ( c. 1846- c. 1920) 180,
385, 392
187, 207, 318, 343, 479f, 484
bird of summer theme 254f
Jackson, Philip s ee Sghiidagits
pillar of eagles theme 414, 498
Jacobs, Melville (1902-1971) 369, 457,
Sapsucker theme 465
461, 473, 495
Kkaawquuna ( c. 1810- c. 1879) 71, 206
Jakobson, Roman (1896-1982) 494
kkraykhraa, Pacome ( fl. c. 1863)
James, William (1842-1910) 153
465
Jesup, Morris (1830-1908) 445
Kkwaayang ( c. 1858-1926) 141, 146,
Jicarilla 392
216, 457, 467
Jilaquns 72, 268
Klamath 473
Jochelson, Waldemar (1855-1937) 392
Klemtu 311-16, 318, 487
Jones, William (1871-1909) 192, 473
Koasati 190, 468, 469, 473
kootye ( c. 1850- c. 1930) 117, 393, 453
kaagigeePinasihkwa (Marie
Koryak 158, 464
Syrette, fl. c. 1905) 473
Krauss, Michael 205, 463, 472
k'achodi, lizette ( c. 1800- c. 1880)
Kroeber, Alfred L. (1876-1960) 154,
203f, 472
165, 190, 363, 385, 479, 491, 493
kainaikoan ( fl. c. 1910) 117, 118, 453
Mojave work 333-6
ka-kisikaw-Pihtokew ( c. 1850—
Kutenai 163, 469
1935) 392, 393, 472, 497
Kwakiutl 462
Kalapuya 495
Kwakwa_ka_'wakw 462
k'amax_alas ( fl. c. 1920-1930) 473
Kwakwala 21, 68, 139, 160, 192, 202,
kanyataiiyo' (1849-1912) 392, 497
204f, 430, 452, 460, 462, 465, 469,
Karuk 117f, 444, 453, 473
473
Kathlamet 139, 154f, 393, 460
Kwatnialka ( fl. c. 1900) 333-5
Kato 393
Kyaanusili peace poem 166-9, 332,
Kawaiko (Laguna Pueblo Keresan) 117,
366, 367
393, 453
Keats, John (1795-1821) 275, 419, 482
Laguna Pueblo 117
Keen, John Henry (1852-1950) 448
Lakhota 154, 155, 192, 452, 469
Kennedy, Walter ( c. 1460- c. 1508) 216,
langley, selina williams (1841—
475
1917) 468, 473
Kihlguulins (1868-1935) 181, 182, 184,
language
447, 448, 458, 492, 496
historical change in 434
Kihltlaayga (Philip, fl. c. 1900) 455
and literature 19, 161f, 164, 422
Kiksht 473, 495
and myth 420f
Kilxhawgins ( c. 1837- c. 1910) 17, 166,
social force of 420
208, 223, 237, 248, 333, 338, 361,
taxonomy of 160-5, 463f, 464
362, 365, 477, 478, 487, 488, 490
LaVo Zi (Lao Zi ) 335
History of Ttanuu 318-32
latimer, PhiliP ( c. 1826- c. 1900) 462
life & character 317f, 337, 488
"mrs lawson" of Port Simpson
"Raid on Klemtu" 311-15, 487
( fl. c. 1890) 463
stories about shamans 317, 489
leek ( c. 1815- c. 1910) 189, 468, 474
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Leer, Jeff 204, 463, 473
Mojave 333-6, 392
Levi-Strauss, Claude (1908-2009) 15, "mrs molasses" ( c. 1830- c. 1915) 478
139
Moody, Henry ( c. 1870-1945) 33f, 72,
lewis, arthur ( fl. c. 1930) 148, 459,
75, 114, 177, 188f, 200f, 208-11,
476, 482
284f, 421, 447, 456, 466, 468, 483,
Liu Xie (Liu Xie , 465?-522?) 368, 495
484, 498
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
first meeting with Swanton 69
(1807-1882) 466
Haida names 387, 474
Lonnrot, Elias (1802-1884) 187, 466
last meeting with Swanton 188f, 285
Lord, Albert Bates (1912-1991) 444,
postscript to Skaay's "The One They
475, 494, 496
Hand Along" 101, 450
Luke 47, 63, 75f, 448
Moody, Job see Gumsiiwa
Lushootseed 496
Mouse Woman 40, 53, 92f, 120, 134
luther, mark ( fl. c. 1930) 498
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756—
1791) 63, 133
MacDonald, George F. 436f, 450, 459,
music & myth 51-6, 195-9, 225, 292f,
486, 490
365, 384, 493f
McGee, W J [ sic] (1853-1912) 156, 461
myth
McGregor, Walter s ee Ghandl
defined 48, 115, 287f, 331f, 361, 365,
mckibben, grace (1894-1987) 473
366, 368-72, 453
McKinley, William (1843-1901) 184
and folklore 419
Mahabharata 225
and history 361
Maidu 393
and individual artists 210, 212, 242f,
Makah 160
337f, 410, 411f
mandeville, francois ( c. 1878—
language of 420f
1952) 393, 497
and literature 422
'ma_n'ma_nliQa_las ( fl. c. 1930) 473
and music see music & myth
Mantegna, Andrea (1431-1506) 414f,
nomenclature 29, 200f, 201f, 471f
498
origins 368-72
maria, casa ( c. 1840- c. 1920) 392,
and philosophy 15f, 256, 262, 367,
497
390f, 479, 493
Masset s ee Ghadaghaaxhiwaas
and science 287f, 373f
Master Carver (Watghadagang) 98,
see also : qqaygaang
99, 449
Myth Woman 358, 359, 361, 492f
matrilineal succession 30, 67, 122, 193,
308, 374f, 411
Naagha Hliman Xhunandas 64
matthias of Maxlaqxaala ( fl. c. 1890)
Naagi Iittlxagit Kkaaydanggans 294,
463
296
Mayan languages 156, 192
Nadene languages 162f, 165, 463f
Mededovic, Avdo ( c. 1870-1955) 474
Nagunaks 105
Melanesians 158
nah-namiskwekaPaw ( fl. c. 1925)
Micmac 465
392, 497
Miluk 451, 473
Nanasimgit 73, 126-32, 147-51, 455,
mitchell, charlie ( fl. c. 1929) 192,
456f
471
Nang Ttl Dlstlas 101, 146, 169, 198,
Mohawk 193
468
536
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Nass River 21, 68, 120, 126, 160
Parmenides 225
Natchez 190, 469
Parry, Milman (1902-1935) 225, 466,
Navajo 66, 121, 161, 192, 252, 393, 452,
474f, 475, 496
453, 455
Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662) 225
Newcombe, Charles Frederic (1851—
Patalas, emma ( fl. c. 1950) 474
1924) 151, 374, 383, 390, 444, 466,
Pawnee 473
468, 483, 488, 496, 499
Pentateuch 187
photographs by 32, 74, 109, 110,
Peterson, Annie Miner see
273, 394
Hets'miixVwn
relations with Swanton 69, 175f, 180, Petitot, Emile Fortune Stanislas Joseph 182, 184, 188
(1838-1917) 154f, 203f, 391
Nimipu 192, 393, 460, 473
Pettviel, Lillian (1917-1997) 460
Nisgha 21-3, 69, 139, 159, 160, 161, 164, philosophy in oral culture 212, 256, 193, 237, 284, 373, 431, 455, 462f,
262, 390f, 474, 493
473f, 480, 483
Phinney, Archie (1903-1949) 192, 393,
Nitinaht 160, 460
460, 473, 497
Nootka (Nuuchahnulth) 21, 105, 147,
Pindar 335
160, 192, 193, 202-5, 392, 430, 451,
Plato 19, 256, 262
452, 462, 484, 495
Poem of the Elders (aspect of Raven
Nuxalk 21, 159, 160, 161, 462, 473f
Travelling) 207, 438-41
poles (columnar sculpture) 72, 73, 103,
O Conaill, Sean (1853-1931) 387-90,
105-11, 149-51, 271-5, 293, 294,
496
416, 450f, 459
O Duilearga, Seamus (1899-1980)
Polynesians 158
387f
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) 366
Odysseus 275, 411, 413, 498
Popol Vuh 192
Ojibwa 193, 452, 453, 473
Port Essington 22f, 69, 141f, 457
Onondaga 193, 392
potlatch 202, 283-7, 472, 484
oral & written literature 11, 14f, 29,
etymology 484
193f, 209f, 385f, 494
suppression 202, 472
oratory 166-9, 202, 292, 465
Pound, Ezra (1885-1972) 365, 494
Orpheus theme 73, 147
"How to Read" 494
Ortega y Gasset, Jose (1883-1955)
Price, Tom s ee Xhaaydakuns
158, 461
Prinz, Wolfram 414, 498
otter, sea 68, 330, 454, 455
prosody 113, 167, 311, 364-6, 494
silver 126, 243, 303, 454
noetic 113, 366, 481, 495
spirit of, in a spear 81f, 102
visual 113, 366
Ovid 196
proverbs 373f, 480
painting, sculpture & poetry 15, 46,
Qajiquukw 493
199, 205f, 243, 293, 414f
Qalgingaan 273
formline in Haida art & literature
Qasa_las ( fl. c. 1900) 204f, 473
145, 205f, 210, 395
Qaysun 24, 30, 31, 32, 349, 390, 394,
Pa_l'nakwa_la wakas (Dan Cranmer,
437
1882-1959) 192
Q'elti (1832-1897) 154f, 210, 393, 460,
Pamich ( fl. c. 1900) 335
474, 495, 497
537
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Qiix_a ( fl. c. 1913) 147, 192, 204f, 471,
saayaach'aPis ( c. 1840- c. 1920) 105,
473
192, 203, 392, 451, 471, 472, 495,
Qinggi 259, 263, 265-89, 270-5, 277,
497
285, 288, 292, 479, 480
Saghadila'u (Going Ashore) 123f, 454
Q'ix_itasu' (1854-1933) 192, 204, 469,
Sahaptin 369f
473
Saint-John Perse (1887-1975) 364
Qqaadasghu 24, 75, 261, 316, 317, 437,
Salish languages 21, 158-61
444, 479
salmon 54, 68, 233f, 489
Qqaadasghu Qiighawaay 7, 110, 301,
Sanger, Peter 465
312, 317, 326, 327, 451, 487
Santayana, George (1863-1952) 153
Qqaaxhadajaat (Dogfish Woman)
Sapir, Edward (1884-1939) 163, 192,
143-7, 151, 169, 216, 395, 458f
196, 453, 460f, 469, 494
qqayaagaang 201, 298-307, 331, 487
appraisal of Boas 364
qqaygaang 29, 166, 200f, 201f, 298, 331,
Haida work 463f
361, 487
Haida-Tibetan comparisons 165
Qquuna 17, 24, 74, 75, 208f, 211, 262,
language taxonomy 163
301-4, 311, 316, 322, 331, 374-83,
on the locus of culture 65f
450, 459, 474, 479, 485, 488
Nootka work 105, 147, 192, 203,
Queen Charlotte Islands (colonial
204, 392
name for Haida Gwaii) 30
Sauk 192
Quiche 192
science & mythology 287f, 373f
quotatives 114f, 451, 452
sea-cucumbers (holothurians) 84, 226,
Quyaa Gyaaghandaal 198, 292
449, 475f
sea-pickles (holothurians) see
Ramayana 225, 269
sea-cucumbers
Rand, Silas T. (1810-1889) 465
seidayaa (Elizabeth Nyman, 1915—
Raven, the s ee Xhuuya
1999) 204, 473
raven rattles 268, 480f
Seneca 193
ray, bill ( c. 1845- c. 1920) 393, 497
Serbo-Croatian oral poetry 225, 466
reeves, henry ( fl. c. 1938) 454
Sghaagya ( c. 1830- c. 1905) 166-8,
Reid, Bill (1920-1998) 8, 147, 421-3,
177f, 203, 208, 321, 332, 362, 464f,
418, 480, 498
485, 487, 490
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) 57f,
Sghiidagits (Philip Jackson, c. 1840—
63
1902) 72-3, 122-33, 146-51, 174,
Richard of the Daw Gitinaay
208, 383f, 455, 456f, 458, 459
( fl. c. 1901) 496
life & character 149-51
riddle, toby (1842- c. 1910) 473
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) 14,
Ridley, Mary ( fl. c. 1901) 203, 473
73, 159, 335, 421
Rimbaud, Arthur (1854-1891) 366
Sheldon, Charles (1867-1928) 385f
Robinson, Edward Arlington
Shelley, Percy (1792-1822) 364
(1869-1935) 152
shlawtx_an ( c. 1860- c. 1935) 369-72,
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) 185
495
Rumyantsev, Ekaterina ( fl. c. 1896)
Sidney, Philip (1554-1586) 364
58-63, 164, 446, 461
Siiwas 282, 283, 441, 483
Russ, Amos (1849-1934) 341
Sinhlagutgaang (1882-1922) 181, 467
538
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Skaay ( c. 1827- c. 1905) 10, 17, 164,
songs 200, 362-5, 367, 460, 465, 471,
189, 193f, 385, 392f, 395
491, 493
compared with Ghandl &
Sophocles 73, 297, 335
Sghiidagits 132-5
spirit-beings ( sghaana qiidas) 67, 96,
compared with Renaissance
104f, 110, 135, 146, 157f, 198, 200,
painters 243
226, 231, 242, 244, 247-8, 259, 261,
compared with Sapir 165
267, 284, 286-7, 291-2, 302f, 306f,
dictation to Moody & Swanton
310, 343, 347-50, 354-60, 373,
174-7, 208f
377-8, 382, 391, 407, 408, 410, 455,
flyting with Xhyuu 212-19
459, 489, 497
"Large Poem" (Qquuna Cycle) 174-6,
Fishing Spirit 215, 218
195-9
Gull Spirit 268
life & character 75f, 121f, 271f, 282,
Red-Cheeked Cormorant Spirit 268
297f, 311-16, 338, 384, 448
Stickwalking Spirit 43
"One They Hand Along" (Qquuna
see also : gods
Cycle SS 1.1) 76-101, 119, 121, 135,
Sqaatsigaay 31, 444
146, 367
Stevens, Tom see Tlaajang Quuna
Qquuna Cycle & Raven Travelling
sticiisaxkux (1899- ) 473
compared 199, 289-92
Stickwalking Spirit-Being 42f
Raven Travelling 175, 185, 187f, 195—
Yukaghir counterpart 59-62
9, 206-7, 210, 224-92, 438-41
stikustahkata (1889-1984) 473
"Sapsucker" (Qquuna Cycle SS 2.3)
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971) 390
170-3, 186, 196, 198, 217, 465
surface people 121
Story of the Qquuna Qiighawaay
Svetaketu 255f
298-311, 486
Swan, James Gilchrist (1818-1900)
style & language 113-16, 208, 303,
103, 450, 467
367, 483
Swan Maiden theme 44-6, 445
suites of stories 119-21, 133, 169f,
Swanton, John Reed (1873-1958) 10,
176, 186, 466
11, 33, 67-75, 104, 122, 143, 145, 151,
Skedans s ee Qquuna
208-10, 220, 342, 362, 385, 391,
Skidegate s ee Hlghagilda
444, 458, 461, 468, 481
Skilantlinda 303, 311, 367
appraisals of Skaay 76, 133, 174, 315
Skilqwiitlas ( fl. c. 1900) 493
arrival at Ghaw 180
Sky, John see Skaay
arrival at Skidegate (Hlghagilda) 69
skyblankets 78f, 100, 104, 257, 258,
Boas's appraisal of 191
260, 451
Contributions to the Ethnology of the
Slavey 203, 472
Haida 185
smallpox 30, 31f, 67, 70, 103, 181, 184,
departure from Haida Gwaii 184
299, 316, 317, 338, 390, 391, 444,
disagreements with Boas 140, 186
479
editing of Raven Travelling 186f, 224
Snyder, Gary (1930- ) 62, 446
evaluation of Haida texts 342
Socrates 256
fieldnotes 76, 183, 184, 223, 384, 391,
soena'hane'e (1910-1979) 473
468
solovyov, isidor (1849-1912) 392,
financial arrangements 177
497
Haida orthography 425, 429, 433-5
539
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