"We Indians were sure hard workers" A history of Coast Salish wool working.

• Main Author: Olsen, Sylvia Valerie
• Other Authors: Vibert, Elizabeth
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Coast Salish; First Nations; British Columbia; women; wool industry; textiles; UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::History::Canada > History; UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Anthropology::Ethnology; Canada
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1340

In the study of the economic and labour history of the West Coast Native people of British Columbia most research has centered on activities such as fishing, farming and forestry. This thesis turns the attention from what was primarily men's work in the dominant society to the Coast Salish wool...