James Teit’s The Shuswap, edited by Franz Boas as part of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition monographs, represents the foundational anthropological and ethnological survey of the Secwépemc people of south-central British Columbia. Based on intensive fieldwork conducted between 1900 and 1908, Teit documents material culture, seasonal migration patterns, village locations, fishing stations, basketry, and trade routes linking the Fraser River, Thompson River, and Shuswap Lake systems. The volume provides detailed cartographic and ethnographic records of village bands, including those around the Salmon Arm delta and Spallumcheen corridor, capturing baseline territorial, sociological, and linguistic data prior to extensive twentieth-century agricultural and industrial reorganization.

Ethnology British Columbia, First Nations British Columbia Ethnology, Indians of North America British Columbia, Secwepemc, Shuswap Indians, Shuswap Indians Social life and customs, Shuswap language

Memoir of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. IV, Part VII; Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Vol. II, Part VII.

Memoir of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. IV, Part VII; Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Vol. II, Part VII.