Haisla

• Neville J. Lincoln, John C. Rath & Evelyn Windsor, Bàxwbakwalanusiwa: A Haisla Story as Told by Gordon Robertson. Amerindia-Chantiers 14-3, 1990. 119 pp. $8 (Canadian) or 40 FF. --- A mythological text in Haisla (North Wakashan) with analysis. The book consists of three parts: a Preface and Introduction (English & French) presenting the cultural background and history of research on North Wakashan oral traditions; the text of the myth, as narrated by Mr. Robertson; and a linguistic analysis and interlinear translation, together with a brief outline of Haisla phonology and syntax. Lincoln is a linguist at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver; Rath and Windsor are on the staff of the Haisla Cultural Centre. --- Order from: Guy P. Buchholtzer/AEA-Amerindia North America, Dept. of Linguistics, Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC, CANADA V5A 1S6. Outside of North America order from: U.A. 1026-CNRS Ethnolinguistique Amérindienne, 44 rue de l'Amiral Mouchez, 75014, Paris, FRANCE. Make checks payable to "A.E.A." [Jan. 1991]