In sii atla nis kwii sii yuk mit kin: The end of one journey is the beginning of another

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dc.contributor.authorHappynook, Tommy
dc.contributor.supervisorWalsh, Andrea N.
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-05T20:07:06Z
dc.date.available2010-05-05T20:07:06Z
dc.date.copyright2010en
dc.date.issued2010-05-05T20:07:06Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Anthropologyen
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractMy thesis serves two purposes: First, my research addresses what I have come to recognize as colonial misunderstandings of nuu-chah-nulth ha'wiih. My research and writing invoke new ways of thinking about nuu-chah-nulth people, leaders and knowledge. I accomplish this by writing conversationally and by including unedited interviews and poetry. All of which require readers to consider my research outside of their usual perspective. Second, my research responds to a cultural need to archive important family knowledge while providing the opportunity to define, for outsiders, who we are. The interviews archive, in part, the knowledge and teachings of a cha-cha-tsi-us-aht ha'wilth. My analysis of this information shows that while my family’s knowledge comes from a common source. We all interpret that knowledge in our own way. My research is important academically and politically because of its ability to convey knowledge that has not been simplified, appropriated or colonized for public consumption.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/2710
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectNuu-chah-nulthen
dc.subjectHuu-ay-ahten
dc.subjectha'wilthen
dc.subjecthuu-puu-kwan-umen
dc.subjectha-hoolth-heeen
dc.subjectha-wilth-misen
dc.subjecthereditary chiefen
dc.subjectha'wiihen
dc.subjectBarkley Sounden
dc.subjectCarnation Creeken
dc.subjectcha-cha-tsi-usen
dc.subjectFirst Nationsen
dc.subjectIndigenousen
dc.subjectAboriginalen
dc.subjectIndiansen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Anthropologyen
dc.titleIn sii atla nis kwii sii yuk mit kin: The end of one journey is the beginning of anotheren
dc.title.alternativeEnd of one journey is the beginning of anotheren
dc.typeThesisen

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