Coquelle Thompson, Athabaskan Witness

A Cultural Biography (Civilization of the American Indian Series)

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Coquelle Thompson, Athabaskan Witness

A Cultural Biography (Civilization of the American Indian Series)

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"Lionel Youst and William R. Seaburg recount the compelling life story of Coquelle Thompson, an Upper Coquille Athabaskan Indian little known except by the Siletz Reservation community and a handful of visiting academics. Thompson's life spanned nearly a century, from 1849 to 1946.

During his lifetime, he worked along the Oregon coast as farmer, hunting/fishing guide, teamster, and tribal policeman, and, perhaps most importantly, he served as an expert witness on Upper Coquille and reservation life and culture for anthropologists.".

"While captain of the tribal police, Thompson was assigned to investigate the Warm House Dance, the Siletz Indian Reservation version of the famous Ghost Dance, which had spread among the Indians of many tribes during the latter 1880s. He witnessed the sense of empowerment it brought to some on the reservation. Thompson became a proselytizer for the Warm House Dance, helping to carry its message and performance from Siletz along the Oregon coast as far south as Coos Bay."--BOOK JACKET.

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Language
English
Pages
320

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Coquelle Thompson, Athabaskan Witness: A Cultural Biography (Civilization of the American Indian Series)
November 2002, University of Oklahoma Press
Hardcover in English

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First Sentence

"Coquelle told Elizabeth Jacobs that his grandfather was an Upper Umpqua chief who, along with four brothers and their wives, crossed the Coast Range from the Upper Umpqua to settle on the Upper Coquille."

Classifications

Library of Congress
E99.C8742T469 2002, E99.C8742 T469 2002

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
320
Dimensions
9.1 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches
Weight
1.3 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7939970M
ISBN 10
0806134488
ISBN 13
9780806134482
LCCN
2002018960
OCLC/WorldCat
48920230
Goodreads
1507623

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