Native Brotherhoods
Modern Intertribal Organizations on the Northwest Coast (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Native Brotherhoods: Modern Intertribal Organizations on the Northwest Coast<br><br>The fieldwork on which this study is based was carried out in two parts. In the fall of 1952 I spent over 2 months in southeast Alaska, during which time I visited a number of Indian communities, and, thanks to the courtesy of the officers of the Alaska Native Brotherhood, I was privileged to attend, in the role of observer, its Annual Convention at Hoonah, November 10 to 15. This season of the fieldwork was supported by the Smithsonian Institution. In the fall of 1953 and in February and March 1954, I visited British Columbia, to collect information on the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia. This work was made possible by a grant from the Arctic Institute of North America. In December 1953 and January 1954, I returned to south-east Alaska to recheck certain data and fill in some areas that I had not covered adequately the first season. This phase of the work, which enabled me to round out my information and which obviated a third trip to the coast, was made possibly by a grant from the American Philosophical Society. A supplementary grant from the Smithsonian Institution enabled me to spend an additional month in British Columbia.<br><br>In addition to owing a debt of gratitude to the foregoing organization for their support of my project, I am also under obligation to a great many Alaskans and British Columbians who took considerable pains to see that I was able to learn about the organizations which formed the focal point of my study, and about related matters bearing on the acculturational situation on the coast. A list of all these people would be excessively long, so I take this opportunity to express my thanks here to all who assisted me. There were a number of people who made particularly great contributions of time and effort, and to whom I feel especially obligated: these include Mr. William Paul, Sr., and Mr. Cyril Zuboff, at Juneau; Mr. Harry Douglas, of Hoonah; Mr. Sam Johnson, Mr. Patrick Paul, and Mr. Joe Kahklen, at Angoon; Mr. Joe C. Williams, of Saxman; Mr. Frank G. Johnson, of Kake; Mr. Frank Peratrovich and Mr. Alfred Widmark, of Klawock. In British Columbia, I was especially obligated to Mr. William D. Scow and Mr. Charles Nowell, of Alert Bay; Mr. William Beynon, of Port Edward; Mr. Peter Calder and Mr. Johnson Russ, of Greenville; Mr. Paul Price, Mr. William Kelly, and Mrs. Annie Duboward, of Port Simpson; Mr. William Mathews, of Masset; and Chief Billy Assu, of Cape Mudge.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.