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Birchwater, Sage.  Talking To The Story Keepers: Tales From The Chilcotin Plateau.  Qualicum Beach: Caitlin Press, 2022.

  Black, Martha.  Out of the Mist: Treasures of the Nuu-chah-nulth Chiefs.  Victoria: Royal British Columbia Museum, 2010.  (CVC, PA)

  Boyd, Robert.  Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence: Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline Among Northwest Indians, 1774-1874.  Seattle: Washington, 1999.  (PA)

  Bracken, Christopher.  Potlatch Papers: A Colonial Case History.  Chicago: Chicago, 1997.  (CVC, CR, PA )

  Bringhurst, Robert.  Story As Sharp As A Knife: The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World.  Toronto: Douglas and McIntyre, 2011.  (PA)

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Brown, Pam, et al. Knowledge Within: Treasures Of The Northwest Coast.  Vancouver: Figure 1 Publishing, 2022.  (CVC)

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  Cole, Douglas and Chaikin, Ira.  Iron Hand Upon the People: The Law Against the Potlatch on the Northwest Coast.  Toronto: Douglas and McIntyre, 1990.  ( PA )

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Cryer, Beryl Mildred.  Two Houses Half-Buried In Sand: Oral Traditions Of The Hulq'umi'num Coast Salish Of Kuper Island And Vancouver Island.  Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2007.

Cybulski, Jerome S. "Conflict On the Northern Northwest Coast: 2,000 Years Plus Of Bioarchaeological Evidence," in Routledge Handbook Of The Bioarchaeology Of Human Conflict, ed. Christopher Knusel and Martin J. Smith.  London: Routledge, 2014: 415-53.

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Dowie, Mark.  Haida Gwaii Lesson: A Strategic Playbook For Indigenous Sovereignty.  Oakland, Cal.: Inkshares, 2017.

Duffek, Karen and Wilson, Jordan.  Where The Power Is: Indigenous Perspectives On Northwest Coast Art.  Vancouver: Figure 1, 2021.  (CVC; MX)

Evans, Brad and Glass, Aaron, eds.  Return To The Land Of The Head Hunters: Edward S. Curtis, The Kwakwaka'wakw, And The Making Of Modern Cinema.  Seattle: Washington, 2013.  (CVC)

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Galois, Robert M.  Kwakwa'wakw Settlements, 1775-1920: A Geographical Analysis And Gazetteer.  Vancouver: UBC, 1994.

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Hawker, Ronald W.  Yakuglas' Legacy: The Art And Times Of Charlie James.  Toronto: Toronto, 2016.  (CVC; PA)

Hebda, Richard J.  Kwaday Dan Tsinchi: Teachings From Long Ago Person Found.  Victoria: B.C. Museum, 2017.

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