Nuu-chah-nulth materials, Edward Sapir Papers
Culture:
Nuu-chah-nulth includes: Nootka, Nutka, Aht, Westcoast
Language: English
Date: 1921
Contributor: Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 | Sayachapis, Tom
Subject: British Columbia--History | Poetry
Type: Text
Genre: Poems
Extent: 1 folder
Description: The Nuu-chah-nulth material in the Edward Sapir Papers consists of one poem, "A Blind, Old Indian Tells His Names," based upon Sayachapis, a Tseshaht man with whom Sapir worked during his fieldwork in the Port Alberni region. The poem in this collection is in handwritten draft form and typed out. This collection does not contain any of Sapir's linguistic or anthropological work, but consists materials relating to Sapir's literary and aesthetic writings, with some correspondence relating to the posthumous publication of his Collected Works. For Sapir's linguistic materials, see the ACLS Collection (Mss.497.3.B63c).
Collection: Edward Sapir Papers Mss.Ms.Coll.150