{"product_id":"haboo-native-american-stories-from-puget-sound-paperback","title":"Haboo: Native American Stories from Puget Sound - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVI Hilbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJill La Pointe\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eThom Hess\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories and legends of the Lushootseed-speaking people of Puget Sound represent an important part of the oral tradition by which one generation hands down beliefs, values, and customs to another. Vi Hilbert grew up when many of the old social patterns survived and everyone spoke the ancestral language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaboo\u003c\/i\u003e, Hilbert's collection of thirty-three stories, features tales mostly set in the Myth Age, before the world transformed. Animals, plants, trees, and even rocks had human attributes. Prominent characters like Wolf, Salmon, and Changer and tricksters like Mink, Raven, and Coyote populate humorous, earthy stories that reflect foibles of human nature, convey serious moral instruction, and comically detail the unfortunate, even disastrous consequences of breaking taboos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully redesigned and with a new foreword by Jill La Pointe, \u003ci\u003eHaboo\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vivid and invaluable resource for linguists, anthropologists, folklorists, future generations of Lushootseed-speaking people, and others interested in Native languages and cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpper Skagit tribal elder Vi taqʷsəblu Hilbert (1918-2008) received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts in 1994, taught language classes at the University of Washington, and cowrote the\u003ci\u003e Lushootseed Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e. Thom Hess (1936-2009) was a professor of linguistics at the University of Victoria. Jill tsisqʷux̌ʷal La Pointe is director of Lushootseed Research and granddaughter of Vi taqʷsəblu Hilbert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52066199863597,"sku":"9780295746968","price":30.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/haboo-native-american-stories-from-puget-sound-paperback-3384877.webp?v=1780167607","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/haboo-native-american-stories-from-puget-sound-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}