Author | : Edmond Stephen Meany |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Edmond Stephen Meany |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : EDMOND STEPHEN. MEANY |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781033122952 |
Author | : James Wendell Phillips |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David B. Williams |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2021-04-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0295748613 |
Not far from Seattle skyscrapers live 150-year-old clams, more than 250 species of fish, and underwater kelp forests as complex as any terrestrial ecosystem. For millennia, vibrant Coast Salish communities have lived beside these waters dense with nutrient-rich foods, with cultures intertwined through exchanges across the waterways. Transformed by settlement and resource extraction, Puget Sound and its future health now depend on a better understanding of the region’s ecological complexities. Focusing on the area south of Port Townsend and between the Cascade and Olympic mountains, Williams uncovers human and natural histories in, on, and around the Sound. In conversations with archaeologists, biologists, and tribal authorities, Williams traces how generations of humans have interacted with such species as geoducks, salmon, orcas, rockfish, and herring. He sheds light on how warfare shaped development and how people have moved across this maritime highway, in canoes, the mosquito fleet, and today’s ferry system. The book also takes an unflinching look at how the Sound’s ecosystems have suffered from human behavior, including pollution, habitat destruction, and the effects of climate change. Witty, graceful, and deeply informed, Homewaters weaves history and science into a fascinating and hopeful narrative, one that will introduce newcomers to the astonishing life that inhabits the Sound and offers longtime residents new insight into and appreciation of the waters they call home. A Michael J. Repass Book
Author | : Oscar Diedrich Engeln |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John W. Van Cott |
Publisher | : University of Utah Press |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780874803457 |
Utah toponyms, or place names. Where are they? What istheir history? Their importance? Over thousand toponyms are listed alphabetically, marking the passagesof peoples and cultures from earliest times.
Author | : Doug Brokenshire |
Publisher | : Caxton Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
ISBN | : 9780870045622 |
Author | : Allan Richardson |
Publisher | : UBC Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2011-08-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0774820489 |
Place names can lead us on fascinating journeys into other cultures. They convey a people’s relationship to the land, their sense of place. For indigenous peoples, place names can also be central to the revival of endangered languages. This book takes readers on an exciting voyage into the history, language, and culture of the Nooksack Tribe of Washington State and southern British Columbia. Allan Richardson and Brent Galloway trace the richness and strength of the Nooksack people’s connection to the land by documenting more than 150 places named by elders and mentioned in key historical texts. Descriptions of Nooksack history and naming patterns – combined with maps, photographs, and detailed linguistic analyses – give life to a nearly extinct language and illuminate the intertwined relationships of place, culture, language, and identity.