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    Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian : small shoes for feet too large / Clarence Bolt. --

    • Title:Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian : small shoes for feet too large / Clarence Bolt. --
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    • Author/Creator:Bolt, Clarence R.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Xwi7xwa Collection
    • Published/Created:Vancouver : UBC Press, ©1992.
    • Holdings

       
    • FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Tsimshian--Missionaries.
      Tsimshian--Cultural assimilation.
      Indigenous Peoples--Missionaries--British Columbia--Port Simpson--History.
    • Library of Congress Subjects:Crosby, Thomas, 1840-1914.
    • Description:xiv, 163 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
    • Summary:"In Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian, Clarence Bolt demonstrates that the Tsimshian were conscious participants in the acculturation and conversion process - as long as this met their goals - and not merely passive recipients. He argues that in order to understand the complexities of Native-European contacts, one must look at the reasons for Native, as well as European, behaviour. He points out that Natives actively influenced the manner in which their relationships with the white population developed, often resulting in a complex interaction in which the values of both groups influenced each other."--Front Summary.
    • Notes:Includes index.
      Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-156).
    • ISBN:0774804300
    • Contents:1. The original people
      2. The arrival of Europeans : early contacts
      3. Revivalism and civilization : the making of a Methodist missionary
      4. Tsimshian acculturation : 'religious' life
      5. Tsimshian acculturation : 'secular' life
      6. The role of the Tsimshian in conversion
      Appendix.
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