Book Description
A collection of folktales from long ago about the Northwest Coast of North America and the Indians who lived there.
Author : Lelooska
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,87 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
A collection of folktales from long ago about the Northwest Coast of North America and the Indians who lived there.
Author : Lelooska
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 22,4 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
A collection of five tales of the Northwest Coast Indians.
Author : Chris Friday
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 45,92 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780295983240
Don Smith, or Lelooska, (1933-1996) was well-known in Washington and Oregon as an artist and storyteller. Of “mixed-blood” Cherokee heritage, he was adopted as an adult by the prestigious Kwakiutl Sewid clan. Initially producing Indian curio items for sale to tourists, he emerged in the late 1950s as one of a handful of artists who proved critical in the renaissance of Northwest Coast Indian art.
Author : Rosanne Parry
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0375871357
Rosanne Parry, acclaimed author of A Wolf Called Wander and Heart of a Shepherd, shines a light on Native American tribes of the Pacific Northwest in the 1920s, a time of critical cultural upheaval. Pearl has always dreamed of hunting whales, just like her father. Of taking to the sea in their eight-man canoe, standing at the prow with a harpoon, and waiting for a whale to lift its barnacle-speckled head as it offers its life for the life of the tribe. But now that can never be. Pearl's father was lost on the last hunt, and the whales hide from the great steam-powered ships carrying harpoon cannons, which harvest not one but dozens of whales from the ocean. With the whales gone, Pearl's people, the Makah, struggle to survive as Pearl searches for ways to preserve their stories and skills.
Author : Oregon Historical Society
Publisher :
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 23,69 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Oregon
ISBN :
Author : Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 21,93 MB
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 0295747145
Inseparable from its communities, Northwest Coast art functions aesthetically and performatively beyond the scope of non-Indigenous scholarship, from demonstrating kinship connections to manifesting spiritual power. Contributors to this volume foreground Indigenous understandings in recognition of this rich context and its historical erasure within the discipline of art history. By centering voices that uphold Indigenous priorities, integrating the expertise of Indigenous knowledge holders about their artistic heritage, and questioning current institutional practices, these new essays "unsettle" Northwest Coast art studies. Key themes include discussions of cultural heritage protections and Native sovereignty; re-centering women and their critical role in transmitting cultural knowledge; reflecting on decolonization work in museums; and examining how artworks function as living documents. The volume exemplifies respectful and relational engagement with Indigenous art and advocates for more accountable scholarship and practices.
Author : Doreen Jensen
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 37,21 MB
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0774844868
The button blanket is eye-catching, prestigious and treasured -- one of the most spectacular embellishments to the Indian culture of the Northwest Coast and a unique form of graphic and narrative art. The traditional crest-style robe is the sister of the totem pole and, like the pole, proclaims hereditary rights, obligations and powers. Unlike the pole, about which countless books and papers have been written, the button blanket has had no chroniclers. This is not only the first major publication to focus on button blankets but also the first oral history about them and their place in the culture of the Northwest Coast. Those interviewed include speakers from six of the seven major Northwest Coast Indian groups. Elders, designers, blanket makers, and historians, each has a voice, but all do not conform to any one theory about the ceremonial robe. Rather, the book is a search for the truth about the historical and contemporary role and traditions of the blanket, as those relate to the past and present Indian way of life on the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Author : Oregon Historical Society
Publisher :
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 36,43 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Northwest, Pacific
ISBN :
Author : Olga R. Kuharets
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 22,27 MB
Release : 2001-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780838935132
Contains a resource book of multicultural materials and includes program ideas, Web sites, and recommended children's books that provide students with information on the traditions, stories, pictures, and music from around the world.
Author : Denise Fainberg
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 39,63 MB
Release : 2012-06-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0881509744
Provides a resource to the landscapes of Washington; features coverage of such regions as Puget Sound, Mount St. Helens, and the Columbia River Gorge, in a guide complemented by recommendations for lodging, dining, and shopping.