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Cogewea, The Half-Blood
Christine Quintasket or Hum-ishu-ma, better known by her author name Mourning Dove,Hum-ishu-ma (Mourning Dove – not a direct translation), as provided by Mourning Dove herself in her introduction to ''Cogewea'': "The whiteman must have invented the name for it as Mourning Dove because the translation to Indian is not word for word at all." Okanogan women names refer to water, not birds or animals. was a Native American (Okanogan (Syilx), Arrow Lakes (Sinixt), and Colville people, Colville) author best known for her 1927 novel ''Cogewea, the Half-Blood: A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range'' and her 1933 work ''Coyote Stories''. ''Cogewea'' was one of the first novels to be written by a Native Americans in the United States, Native American woman and to feature a female protagonist. It explores the lives of Cogewea, a Mixed-Bloods, mixed-blood heroine whose ranching skills, riding prowess, and bravery are noted and greatly respected by the primarily Half-breed, mixed-ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syilx
The ''Syilx'' () people, also known as the Okanagan, Okanogan or Okinagan people, are a First Nations and Native American people whose traditional territory spans the Canada–US boundary in Washington state and British Columbia in the Okanagan Country region. They are part of the Interior Salish ethnological and linguistic grouping. The Syilx are closely related to the Spokan, Sinixt, Nez Perce, Pend Oreille, Secwepemc and Nlaka'pamux peoples of the same Northwest Plateau region. History At the height of Syilx culture, about 3000 years ago, it is estimated that 12,000 people lived in this valley and surrounding areas. The Syilx employed an adaptive strategy, moving within traditional areas throughout the year to fish, hunt, or collect food, while in the winter months, they lived in semi-permanent villages of kekulis, a type of pithouse. When the Oregon Treaty partitioned the Pacific Northwest in 1846, the portion of the tribe remaining in what became Washington Territory r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
