Garfield re Tsimshian culture and CJ influence

[David Robertson]

Howdy!

>From Viola Garfield's "Tsimshian clan and society" (Seattle:  University
of Washington, 1939) comes this wonderful slice of life.  Sorry for the
unreadable phonetics in it!

*page 322:  'The GInado*iks women are called the Scotch (SkUts) from the
fact that their late chief, who was leader of the band for many years,
owned a bagpipe.  They dress in plaids and speak a Tsimshian version of
Scotch dialect [***].  The GItsi*s women are known as Robins, from the
myth of Robin and the Sawbill Duck, in which the Robin tribe is identified
with the GItsi*s.  They are also called the Russian (lu:*sEns) women.  The
GItandO* are known as Boston women.  One of their chieftainesses lived in
Victoria where she came into contact with Americans (Boston men).  They
carry American flags as their insignia.  The GIspaxlO:*ts call themselves
the HaGwElGEt in commemoration of their chief's trading ventures on the
upper Skeena where he met the Carriers.  One of the GIlutsa*w men went to
Japan on a sealing vessel, so the women of the tribe take their name from
his adventure.  They wear kimonas.  GInaxangi:*k women take their name
from a Stikine word for warrior and dress the part.'

***This is weirdly imaginable to me, ever since I saw Johnny Moses tell a
Lushootseed story in a thick Italian accent.

Best,
Dave






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