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9781551537917
Extraordinary Accounts of Native Life on the West Coast - Words from Huu-ay-aht Ancestors"The Huu-ay-aht prepared for war. Each day, the men washed themselves in the cold ocean water and scrubbed their bodies with hemlock untilthe blood flowed - this made them strong."This book will be especially fascinatingfor all readers interested in:historyNative PeoplesWest CoastThe Huu-ay-aht people have ruled their territory along the southeastern shores of Barkley Sound for 5000 years. Here for the first time is a collection written from the Huu-ay-aht perspective, as told over countless generations by native chiefs and elders. We meet chiefs, supernatural beings, warriors, and whalers, and learn about life before the first outsiders.Bridge, Kathryn Anne is the author of 'Extraordinary Accounts Of Native Life On The West Coast Words From Huu-ay-aht Ancestors', published 2004 under ISBN 9781551537917 and ISBN 1551537915.
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