Illustrations, Maps, and Tables
Acknowledgments
1 Setting the Stage
2 Differing Approaches to the Nuu-chah-nulth Past
3 Archaeological Research in Nuu-chah-nulth Territory
4 The Emergence of the West Coast Culture Type
5 The Late West Coast Culture Type
6 The Transition to Recorded History
7 Recent History and the Modern Communities
References
Index
Alan McMillan is the author of Native Peoples and Cultures of Canada: An Anthropological Overview. He teaches archaeology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, and at Douglas College in New Westminster, BC.
A well-written, engaging book.
*The Midden 31/4*
In this comprehensive history of [western Vancouver Island and the
northern tip of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington], Alan McMillan
integrates all available sources of information into a single
account, tracing the heritage of [the region’s indigenous] peoples
from the earliest archaeological evidence over 4000 years ago and
addressing contemporary issues.
*University Press Books Selected for Public and Secondary School
Libraries (2000)*
The subject of this thoroughly researched and well-written book is
the Native peoples of the west coast of Vancouver Island and the
northwestern peninsula of Washington State ... McMillan presents an
exhaustive and detailed overview of the archaeological evidence ...
His book will prove especially valuable to researchers studying the
northwest coast of Canada.
*Canadian Book Review Annual 4218*
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