Understanding Northwest Coast Art william-cook-jr or 100 Royal Commissions on

or 100 Royal Commissions on the treatment of Natives by the government

fish camps and coastal village elders

museum exhibits (informative or disinformative

Pot Holder with Many Whale design by Bill Helin

this edition includes seven new essays which argue that museums and anthropologists must contextualize and critique themselves--that they must analyze and critique the social

Understanding Northwest Coast Art william-cook-jr or 100 Royal Commissions onThe first section of this book features an alphabetical list of words relating to Northwest Coast art, with definitions, descriptions and explanations and synopses of the major myths associated with them. As an aid to identification and understanding, many of the crests, beings and symbols are illustrated in the 6 black and white reproductions of contemporary works of art. The entries cover everything: crests such as Eagle, Dogfish or Dragonfly;