NESHAKI: KINFOLK AND TRADE
A variety of written documents make reference to Neshaki, a Nishga chief who had a successful trading career, challenged other chiefs through feasts and a pole-raising and was a prominent early convert, before her marriage to a retired Hudson’s Bay Factor. The picture of Neshaki that can be drawn ou...
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Canadian Anthropology Society / Société Canadienne d’Anthropologie (CASCA), formerly/anciennement Canadian Ethnology Society / Société Canadienne d’Ethnologie
1990
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| Online Access: | http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1081335ar https://doi.org/10.7202/1081335ar |
| Summary: | A variety of written documents make reference to Neshaki, a Nishga chief who had a successful trading career, challenged other chiefs through feasts and a pole-raising and was a prominent early convert, before her marriage to a retired Hudson’s Bay Factor. The picture of Neshaki that can be drawn out of the written sources is partial and is certainly shaped by the nature of the written records; even at a distance and through such strained focus, it is a portrait of a remarkable woman. Différents textes font référence à Neshaki, chef Nishga qui eut un grand succès commercial, lança des défis à d’autres chefs en organisant des fêtes et des érections de totems et fut une convertie reconnue bien avant son mariage avec un intendant de la Baie d’Hudson. Malgré la distorsion qu’apporte la nature même de ces documents, on retrouve dans le portrait de Neshaki, les caractéristiques d’une femme remarquable. |
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