Tradition and Change on the Northwest CoastNative elders remember well the last of the old days. They are living links to the past and their stories have the vitality and immediacy as well as the authenticity of those who have lived in the traditional way and experienced the transition to the new. In the short space of two generations, elders have gone from traveling the coast in canoes to flying in float planes. Four representative groups of the Northwest Coast are the focus of this book: the