Haboo : Native American stories from Puget Sound / translated and edited by Vi Hilbert ; foreword by Jill La Pointe ; introduction by Thom Hess ; illustrations by Ron Hilbert/Coy.

"The stories and legends of the Lushootseed-speaking people of Puget Sound were an important part of the oral tradition by which beliefs, values, and customs were handed from one generation to another. Vi Hilbert, a Skagit Indian, grew up at a time when many of the old social patterns survived...

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Other Authors: Hilbert, Vi (Editor, Translator), LaPointe, Jill (author of foreword.), Hess, Thom, 1936-2009 (author of introduction.), Hilbert, Ron (Illustrator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Salishan
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2020]
Edition:Second edition.
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Summary:"The stories and legends of the Lushootseed-speaking people of Puget Sound were an important part of the oral tradition by which beliefs, values, and customs were handed from one generation to another. Vi Hilbert, a Skagit Indian, grew up at a time when many of the old social patterns survived and when everyone still spoke the ancestral language. As an adult, when she realized that native language and culture were being forgotten, she began to work with linguists and anthropologists in recording and translating as much of the Lushootseed oral tradition as possible. Haboo is her collection of thirty-three stories"--
Item Description:Stories translated from Lushootseed.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxvii, 188 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780295746982
029574698X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 10, 2020).