Copying People: Photographing British Columbia First Nations, 1860-1940

by Daniel Fancis

Before the west was widely settled, photographs provided the first glimpse white society had of the aboriginal people who occupied the hinterlands of the continent. Copying People - a phrase borrowed from the Haida of the Queen Charlotte Islands that means "camera" - is a collection of historical photographs chosen from the vast number of images in museums and archives across North America. Taken by professional photographers, surveyors,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1895618835
• ISBN13: 9781895618839
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Fifth House Publishers
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 9.9"