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Standing Up with G̲a'ax̱sta'las: Jane Constance Cook and the Politics of Memory, Church, and Custom clothing_babywear the ThunderbirdStanding Up with Gaaxstalas tells the remarkable story of Jane Constance Cook (1870 1951), a controversial Kwakwakawakw leader and activist who lived during a period of enormous colonial upheaval. Working collaboratively, Robertson and Cooks descendants draw on oral histories and textual records to create a nuanced portrait of a high ranked woman, a cultural mediator, devout Christian, and Aboriginal rights activist who criticized potlatch practices