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Vi Hilbert collection: Lushootseed tapes, Undated
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hilbert, Vi
- Title
- Vi Hilbert collection: Lushootseed tapes
- Dates
- Undated
- Quantity
- 41 audiotapes : 2 reels, 39 audio cassettes
- Collection Number
- 1994015
- Summary
- Tapes of Lushootseed songs transferred from the University of Washington Language Learning Center at the request of Vi Hilbert.
- Repository
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access is restricted.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Vi Hilbert (1918-2008) was a member and noted elder of the Upper Skagit tribe. Her first language was Lushootseed, a Coast Salish language found in the Puget Sound region of western Washington state. During her long and productive life, Vi Hilbert played a major role in the revitalization of the language and culture of the First People of the Pacific Northwest. She became known as a teacher, storyteller, publisher, and public speaker. For over 40 years she built and maintained a research archive of cultural materials. Working with other scholars, she developed and published teaching materials and volumes of stories through Lushootseed Research, an organization which she founded. Her commitment to preserving Lushootseed language and literature is largely responsible for the renaissance of interest in Lushootseed culture and the growth of tribal language programs all over western Washington.
For more informaation, see: http://bela.music.washington.edu/ethno/hilbert/
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Tapes have not yet been processed (stored in room 52).
Documentation: Preliminary inventory
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- American Indian
- Ethnomusicology
- Lushootseed
- NW Coast Indians
- Northwest Salish
- Puget Sound Salish Indians
- Songs, Lushootseed
Geographical Names
- North America
- United States
Form or Genre Terms
- Sound Recordings