In Our Chiefs and Elders, David Neel presents us with a magnificent series of images of Native chiefs and elders which sharply contrasts with earlier depictions of Natives as ’noble savages’ or representatives of a ’vanishing race.’ Neel’s photographs of, and conversations with, his own people introduce us to individuals who know who they are and whose comments on the present, coupled with their perspectives from the past, reveal a people with a rich and unique heritage.
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This is a book in which photos and words play off one another to create a fascinating and powerful portrait of 40 B.C. chiefs and elders.
– Susan MacDonald, The Province
Our Chiefs and Elders is a fine, gentle book with the power to change our perceptions. David Neel has a professional photographic background, tuned to depicting the persona of bank presidents and judges. Now, with humility and respect, he has opened his lens to the chiefs and elders of the west coast, showing the deep concerns and robust human energy of people who have much to share. This book changes perceptions and presents us with living, breathing role models - at a time when moral example is sorely needed. Read it, and be changed.
– Robert Amos, Victoria Times-Colonist
...this book makes not only compelling reading, but also features some brilliant photos of those being interviewed. ... It is a set of stunning portraits, showing native people neither as "noble savages nor skid row drunks" as Neel describes the most common views. A powerful book.
– Lynn Welburn, The Nanaimo Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
– Susan MacDonald, The Province
Our Chiefs and Elders is a fine, gentle book with the power to change our perceptions. David Neel has a professional photographic background, tuned to depicting the persona of bank presidents and judges. Now, with humility and respect, he has opened his lens to the chiefs and elders of the west coast, showing the deep concerns and robust human energy of people who have much to share. This book changes perceptions and presents us with living, breathing role models - at a time when moral example is sorely needed. Read it, and be changed.
– Robert Amos, Victoria Times-Colonist
...this book makes not only compelling reading, but also features some brilliant photos of those being interviewed. ... It is a set of stunning portraits, showing native people neither as "noble savages nor skid row drunks" as Neel describes the most common views. A powerful book.
– Lynn Welburn, The Nanaimo Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
David Neel is a British Columbia artist and photographer whose work has appeared in museums and galleries in the United States and Canada.
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This is in the category of books so elegantly designed as to make one want to strictly buy good-sized hardbound books. It's beautifully laid out with a typefont very friendly to all reasonably able eyes and fits quite comfortably on a lap planted in an easy chair, glueing one there for a good long while until all pages are turned. Half of the pages are text and the rest portrait photography of the chiefs and elders, tastefully laid out with both traditional regalia and contemporary everyday poses. My take on this is that it helps to have some in-depth knowledge of these tribes before attempting to read between the lines of these memoirs. Many of these very ancient folks are no doubt dead by now (since 1991) which adds impact to their impressions of periods of tribal transition. We should all be recording the words of our living elders for the practical use of future generations, as they carry treasures of wisdom and very curious glimpses into times that are unlikely to be seen again. I find oral histories immeasurably fascinating in any case and highly recommend this to anyone with a working interest in Pacific Northwest history.
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This is in the category of books so elegantly designed as to make one want to strictly buy good-sized hardbound books. It's beautifully laid out with a typefont very friendly to all reasonably able eyes and fits quite comfortably on a lap planted in an easy chair, glueing one there for a good long while until all pages are turned. Half of the pages are text and the rest portrait photography of the chiefs and elders, tastefully laid out with both traditional regalia and contemporary everyday poses. My take on this is that it helps to have some in-depth knowledge of these tribes before attempting to read between the lines of these memoirs. Many of these very ancient folks are no doubt dead by now (since 1991) which adds impact to their impressions of periods of tribal transition. We should all be recording the words of our living elders for the practical use of future generations, as they carry treasures of wisdom and very curious glimpses into times that are unlikely to be seen again. I find oral histories immeasurably fascinating in any case and highly recommend this to anyone with a working interest in Pacific Northwest history.
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