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<DIV>James Teil was an amazing man. He came to Canada from the Shetland Islands
in 1884 and settled in Spences Bridge where he married Susanna Lucy Antko in the
1890s.`Boas met Teit in the 1890s and solicited his assistance with
fieldwork. I think the book Leanne mentioned, the rock painting one, was
the first one he was responsible for -- published by the American Museum of
Natural History in 1896. He participated in the Jesup North Pacific Expedition
fieldwork through the Chilcotin to Bella Coola. Susanna died of t.b.
and he married Josephine Morens, the daughter of a local rancher, with
whom he had a number of children -- I met Sigurd Teit in the late 1990s
while researching material in the Nicola Valley for my novel, Sisters of
Grass (Teit has a little role in the novel...!). James
Teit published ethnographies of the Thompson, Shuswap and
Lillooet peoples as well as a number of monographs on baskets, tattoos,
mythology. He was an early advocate for native rights, helping the Allied Tribes
of the Interior with presentations to various prime ministers, from Laurier to
Borden. He made a number of trips to Ottawa between 1912-16 to act as
interpreter and expert witness, notably in 1914 before the Royal Commission on
Indian Affairs and also for land claims cases. He photographed
Interior Salish people extensively -- see the Canadian Museum of Civilization
Mercury Series Paper 111, for example -- and worked for the Canadian Geological
Survey.</DIV>
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<DIV>I haven't nearly done him justice here but wanted to contribute a little
something for those who don't know his work or reputation. There's a lovely
memorial stature of him on the banks of the Thompson River at Spences
Bridge.</DIV>
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<DIV>Theresa Kishkan</DIV>
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<A title=riding@TIMETEMPLE.COM href="mailto:riding@TIMETEMPLE.COM">Leanne
Riding</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=CHINOOK@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 31, 2004 1:53
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: James Teit writing in
CJ</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I have heard of him before, but had never got around to finding
out<BR>what he is all about. He is well known to
historically-inclined<BR>people in the Interior, though (which is how I have
heard of him).<BR><BR>On Tuesday, August 31, 2004, at 09:19 , Bernard
Schulmann wrote:<BR><BR>> Are people familiar with who James Teit was and
his role in the<BR>> interior of BC both as an ethnographer and advocate
for aborignal<BR>> rights?<BR>><BR>> Bernard<BR>><BR><BR>To
respond to the CHINOOK list, click 'REPLY ALL'. To respond privately to
the sender of a message, click 'REPLY'. Hayu
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