Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

Fall 2018

Keywords

Cross-cultural marriages, Coast Salish women, Salish Coast, Indigenous wives

Abstract

Independent historian Candace Wellman spent nearly two decades painstakingly combing local sources regarding “cross-cultural” households created by the unions between Coast Salish women and American men in the northern Puget Sound between the 1850s and 1870s. Out of more than a hundred such cases for which she has data, Wellman focuses on four couples arguing that the “Indigenous wives occupied a middle ground between people of alien cultures” and successfully blended cultures (p. 11). She also contends that the women and their descendants contributed significantly to the social and political successes of tribal communities in the region.

Publication Title

Pacific Historical Review

Volume

87

Issue

4

DOI

10.1525/phr.2018.87.4.719

Required Publisher's Statement

Published by the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, University of California Press.

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Salish Indians--Marriage customs and rites--Washington (State)--Whatcom County; Interracial marriage--Washington (State)--Whatcom County--History--19th century

Subjects - Names (LCNAF)

Wellman, Candace. Peace weavers

Geographic Coverage

Whatcom County (Wash.)--Race relations--History--19th century

Genre/Form

reviews (documents)

Type

Text

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Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Language

English

Format

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