Annie York

Annie Zechtgo York (born September 21, 1904 in Spuzzum , Canada , † August 19, 1991 in Hope , Canada) was a Canadian native and writer.

Career

Annie Zechtgo York was born in Spuzzum in the Canadian province of British Columbia in 1904 and lived there for most of her life. She had six siblings. Not much is known about her life. York attended the schools in Pitt Meadows . In 1925 she moved to Merritt . York trained to be a nurse . She served as a translator in courts and in hospitals. In 1932 she returned to Spuzzum.

York was a respected elder among the Nlaka'pamux of the Spuzzum First Nation , a cultural authority, healer, and oral teacher who taught the knowledge of the locals in the Fraser Canyon region until her death . She lived a simple but profound life based on respect for all living things and had high moral values.

With co-authors, she wrote numerous books on the early history and ethnobotany of the region. In this context, she worked on the book They Write Their Dreams on the Rock Forever: Rock Writings in the Stein River Valley of British Columbia , which was published in 1993. It includes her explanations of the carved rock paintings , also known as rock writings or stone inscriptions, which were found in Stein Valley .

York was the main character in the film Bowl of Bone: Tale of The Syuwe.

She died on August 19, 1991 at Fraser Canyon Hospital in Hope and was then interred in the local Mountainview Cemetery .

literature

Andrea Laforet and Annie York: Spuzzum: Fraser Canyon Histories, 1808-1939 , UBC Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-7748-06671

Web links

Literature by and about Annie York in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Annie York in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved February 6, 2017.
^ University of British Columbia Press - Annie York
^ ^A ^b Annie York , Talonbooks
↑ Review: Polly Schaafsma: They Write Their Dreams on the Rock Forever: Rock Writings in the Stein River Valley of British Columbia by Annie York, Richard Daly, Chris Arnett. In: American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 96, No. 4, 1994, pp. 998-999. JSTOR 682479 . Retrieved February 7, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	York, Annie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	York, Annie Zechtgo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian native and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 21, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Spuzzum , Canada
DATE OF DEATH	August 19, 1991
Place of death	Hope , Canada

[FAG-1] A ^b Annie York in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved February 6, 2017.

[2] University of British Columbia Press - Annie York

[TB-3] A ^b Annie York , Talonbooks

[4] Review: Polly Schaafsma: They Write Their Dreams on the Rock Forever: Rock Writings in the Stein River Valley of British Columbia by Annie York, Richard Daly, Chris Arnett. In: American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 96, No. 4, 1994, pp. 998-999. JSTOR 682479 . Retrieved February 7, 2017.