Paddling to Where I Stand Agnes Alfred, Qwiqwasut'Inuxw Noblewoman

Paddling to Where I Stand presents the memoirs of Agnes Alfred (c. 1890-1992), a non-literate noble Qwiqwasutinuxw woman of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation. She documents through myths, historical accounts and personal reminiscences the foundations and the enduring pulse of her living culture. More than an anthropological interpretation of Kwakwaka'wakw culture, her story is a first-hand account, by a woman, of the greatest period of change she and her people experienced since their first contact with Europeans.Alfred, Agnes is the author of 'Paddling to Where I Stand Agnes Alfred, Qwiqwasut'Inuxw Noblewoman', published 2004 under ISBN 9780774809122 and ISBN 0774809124.