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The Haidah Indians of Queen Charlotte's Islands, British ColumbiaBook 1874 • Swan, James G.
Haida • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This short work is based on archival research and the author’s encounter and interviews with members of a Haida trading group that had come to Port Townsend, Washington. It includes discussion of artifacts and design motifs (including drawings of tat...The Indians of Cape FlatteryBook 1870 • Swan, James G.
Nuu-chah-nulth • North America > Northwest Coast and California
Swan was a government teacher and medical practitioner among the Makah Indians for several years. This monograph is the record of his personal observations. It contains descriptions of food, clothing, ornaments, dwellings, handicrafts, hunting and fi...