LEADER 05141nam 2200877 a 450 001 9910778090403321 005 20231206224742.0 010 $a1-282-59351-X 010 $a9786612593512 010 $a0-7748-5578-9 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774855785 035 $a(CKB)1000000000765215 035 $a(EBL)3251871 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282163 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11912484 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282163 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10316642 035 $a(PQKB)10518613 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000644153 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12196943 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000644153 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10675589 035 $a(PQKB)23551385 035 $a(CaPaEBR)408617 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00214544 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412412 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10214489 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL259351 035 $a(OCoLC)923444386 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/zswchb 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412412 035 $a(DE-B1597)661801 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774855785 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3251871 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000765215 100 $a20070726d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMyth and memory$b[electronic resource] $estories of Indigenous-European contact /$fedited by John Sutton Lutz 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aLimited edition of 500 copies. 311 $a0-7748-1263-X (OCoLC)77525198 311 $a0-7748-1262-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Myth Understandings...or First Contact, Over and Over Again -- 1. Close Encounters of the First Kind -- 2. First Contact as a Spiritual Performance: Encounters on the North American West Coast -- 3. Reflections on Indigenous History and Memory: Reconstructing and Reconsidering Contact -- 4. Poking Fun: Humour and Power in Kaska Contact Narratives -- 5. Herbert Spencer, Paul Kane, and the Making of "The Chinook" -- 6. Performing Paradox: Narrativity and the Lost Colony of Roanoke -- 7. Stories from the Margins: Toward a More Inclusive British Columbia Historiography -- 8. When the White Kawau Flies -- 9. The Interpreter as Contact Point: Avoiding Collisions in Tlingit America -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index. 330 $aThe moment of contact between two peoples, two alien societies, marks the opening of an epoch and the joining of histories. What if it had happened differently? The stories that indigenous peoples and Europeans tell about their first encounters with one another are enormously valuable historical records, but their relevance extends beyond the past. Settler populations and indigenous peoples the world over are engaged in negotiations over legitimacy, power, and rights. These struggles cannot be dissociated from written and oral accounts of "contact" moments, which not only shape our collective sense of history but also guide our understanding of current events. For all their importance, contact stories have not been systematically or critically evaluated as a genre. Myth and Memory explores the narratives of indigenous and newcomer populations from New Zealand and across North America, from the Lost Colony of Roanoke on the Atlantic seaboard of the United States to the Pacific Northwest and as far as Sitka, Alaska. It illustrates how indigenous and explorer accounts of the same meetings reflect fundamentally different systems of thought, and focuses on the cultural misunderstandings embedded in these stories. The contributors discuss the contemporary relevance, production, and performance of Aboriginal and European contact narratives, and introduce new tools for interpreting the genre. They argue that we are still in the contact zone, striving to understand the meaning of contact and the relationship between indigenous and settler populations. 606 $aIndians of North America$xFirst contact with other peoples 606 $aIndians of North America$xHistoriography 606 $aIndian mythology$zNorth America 606 $aAutochtones$zAme?rique du Nord 606 $aAcculturation 606 $aMythologie indienne d'Ame?rique 606 $aAlte?rit$xAspect social 607 $aNorth America$xDiscovery and exploration 607 $aEurope$xColonies$xHistory 607 $aEurope$xColonies$xHistoire 615 0$aIndians of North America$xFirst contact with other peoples. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xHistoriography. 615 0$aIndian mythology 615 6$aAutochtones 615 6$aAcculturation. 615 6$aMythologie indienne d'Ame?rique. 615 6$aAlte?rit$xAspect social. 676 $a305.8 701 $aLutz$b John S$g(John Sutton),$f1959-$01521655 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778090403321 996 $aMyth and memory$93854130 997 $aUNINA