Title:
Potlatch People: Indian Lives & Legends of British Columbia
Author: Mildred Valley Thornton, FRSA
Price: $24.95 (CAN) plus shipping & handling, and applicable
taxes.
Description:
"Years
ago I began to paint Indians of western Canada. They provided romantic
and colourful material for my brush and, at the same time, I had a favourable
opportunity to study them as fellow human beings. Their legends, their
art, their history, their way of life and spiritual concepts first commanded
my attention and then my enduring respect."
Mildred Valley Thornton, FRSA
(1890-1967)
Prominent Canadian artist Mildred
Valley Thornton had an abiding passion which she pursued with almost
missionary fervour throughout her life - the preservation of Canada's
native culture. For over fifty years she dedicated herself to that purpose
through the medium of her paintings, writing and lectures. During her
career she painted the portraits of many prominent and historically
important Native Canadians, as well as assembling a catalogue of anecdotes,
folklore and legends. This publication, first published in 1966 as Indian
Lives and Legends, and now republished with expanded text and illustrations,
is a priceless collection of both Thornton's colourful portraits and
the the fascinating story behind each one.
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