skookum

Alan H. Hartley ahartley at D.UMN.EDU
Wed Apr 5 21:21:12 UTC 2000


The Beaver are an Athapaskan-speaking people of NE B.C. and NW Alta. In
the article on the Beaver in the Hdbk. of N. Amer. Indians (VI.356) is a
photo of a woman dreamer named Áma or Emma Skookum (born c1873, died
c1967). Assuming the name is of CJ origin (which seems likely, given her
status), it's come quite a long distance.

Alan



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