Indian Fishing H Stewart JOURNAL Her commitment to documenting the

Her commitment to documenting the lives and faces of the Native peoples of her day was renewed and continued for the rest of her life as she devoted herself to painting the Indians of Canada's westernmost province

and a medicine bag

Jewitt's story of being captured and enslaved by Maquinna

is accompanied by a text that points out the crests

Unlike many books on this subject

Indian Fishing H Stewart JOURNAL Her commitment to documenting theDESCRIPTION First published in 1977 and unavailable for several years, Indian Fishing is more than a sterile account of the technology of fishing; it considers the momentous role of fish and fishing in the lives of the Northwest Coast peoples. A classic, thoroughly researched and informative text, it examines fishing techniques of the peoples who have lived on the coast for over nine thousand years, revealing their rich and complex culture. Hilary