Charles Hill-Tout

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Charles Hill-Tout (born September 28, 1858 in Buckland , England , † June 30, 1944 in Vancouver ) was an English-Canadian lay ethnologist who was responsible for the early phase of research into the Canadian First Nations , more precisely the ethnic groups in the west Of Canada , played a crucial role. Between 1885 and 1911 he researched and documented the groups of the inland and coastal Salish in British Columbia , Washington , Oregon , Idaho and Montana .

Hill-Tout first studied theology , but then emigrated to Canada. In 1891 he became headman of a boys' school in Vancouver. He bought land on the Fraser River that he worked as a farmer. At the same time, he began studies with the surrounding Salish groups, with whom he had numerous friendships. In 1907 he published the volume The Far West: The Home of the Salish and Dené as part of the series Native Races of the British Empire . In 1911 his main work on the Salish followed. There were four volumes that appeared under the title The Salish People . The work was published again in 1978.

Because of his ethnographic merits, he was appointed President of the Anthropological Department of the Royal Society of Canada in 1913 . He also became a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland .

Despite his friendships, he did not reject the Canadian government's right to "civilize" these peoples.

Works

  • The Salish People , 4 volumes 1978; of which on the inland Salish: Volume 1: The Thompson and the Okanagan and Vol. 2: The Squamish and the Lillooet , on the Coastal Salish Vol. 3: The Mainland Halkomelem , Vol. 4: The Sechelt & the Southeastern Tribes of Vancouver Island , reprinted by Ralph Maud, Vancouver 1978.
  • The Far West. The Home of the Salish and Dené , London: Constable 1907.

literature

Remarks

  1. ^ Two Western Canadian Tribes: Salish and Dené , in: Nature 75 (April 18, 1907) 584.
personal data
SURNAME Hill-Tout, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian lay ethnologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Buckland (Devonshire) , England
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1944
Place of death Vancouver