A typescript draft book chapter (twenty-five leaves) about the Nisga'a (formerly spelled Nishga) and Tsimshian written by E Palmer Patterson. Also includes an offprint (photocopy) of the published version of the book chapter which appeared in the Journal of Canadian Studies 18, no. 3 (Fall 1983), p. 40-54. The typescript draft book chapter was originally housed in a package titled, Tongass Tlingit: Tongass at Ft. Simpson. The term Tongass is an anglicized variant name for the Taantʼa Ḵwáan. Fort Simpson, BC is now known as Lax-Kwʼalaams, BC.

A spiral bound volume (approximately one hundred and fifty leaves) containing photocopies of twelve published articles by E Palmer Patterston preceded by a title page and a table of contents.

Includes the following articles:

1. Patterson, E P. "Early Nishga-European Contact to 1860: A People for "those Who Talk of the Efficiency of Moral Lectures to Subdue the Obduracy of the Heart"." Anthropologica. N.s. 25 (1983): 193-219.

2. Patterson, E P. "Nishga Initiative and Missionary Response: Robert Doolan at Quinwoch, B.C." Missiology: an International Review. 9.3 (1981): 337-344.

3. Patterson, E P. "Kincolith, B.C. : Leadership Continuity in a Native Christian Village, 1867-1887." Canadian Journal of Anthropology. 3.9 (1982) : 45-55.

4. Patterson, E P. "An Indian View of Missions and Missionaries." [publisher not identified] : 10.

5. Patterson, II E P. "A Decade of Change: Origins of the Nishga and Tsimshian Land Protests in the 1880s." Journal of Canadian Studies. 18.3 (1983): 40-54.

6. Patterson, E P. "Arthur E. O'meara, Friend of the Indians." The Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 58.2 (1967): 90-99.

7. Patterson, E P. "Native Missionaries of the North Pacific Coast: Philip Mckay and Others." The Pacific Historian. 30.1 (1986) : 22-36.

8. Patterson, E P. "Nishga Perceptions of Their First Resident Missionary, the Reverend R. R. A. Doolan (1864-1867)." Anthropologica. 30.2 (1988): 119-135.

9. Patterson, E P. "Kincolith's First Decade: A Nisga'a Village, 1867-1878." The Canadian Journal of Native Studies. 12.2 (1992) : 229-250.

10. Patterson, E P. "Neshaki: Kinfolk and Trade." Culture. 10.2. (1990) : 13-24.

11. Patterson, E P. "The Nishga and the Fur Trade, 1834-1842." Native studies review. 6.1 (1990) : 67-82.

12. Patterson, E P. ""the Indians Stationary Here": Continuity and Change in the Origins of the Fort Simpson Tsimshian." Anthropologica. 36 (1994): 181-203.

Fort Simpson, BC is now known as Lax-Kwʼalaams, BC.