Nuu-Chah-Nulth Voices, Histories, Objects & Journeys

by Hoover, Alan L.

• ISBN13: 9780771895487
• ISBN10: 0771895488
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Royal British Columbia Museum

Summary

This is the first collection of essays, articles and interviews about the Nuu-chah-nulth people, who live along the west coast of Vancouver Island (Canada) and the Olympic Peninsula (USA). Alan L. Hoover has assembled a balance of views from inside and outside Nuu-chah-nulth history, culture and art. He presents the collection in four parts:In 'Voices', the Mowachaht-Muchalaht and Huu-ay-aht nations recount their own histories, and describe who and where they are today. 'Histories' offers fascinating accounts of recent history from outside the Nuu-chah-nulth culture and ancient histories and legends from inside. 'Objects' highlights the different interests of those who create objects and those who collect them: are these objects art? Finally, 'Journeys' relates the personal and spiritual growth of three Nuu-chah-nulth artists, and how their creations speak about where they came from and where they are now.Nuu-chah-nulth Voices, Histories, Objects and Journeys is an important contribution to the understanding of a rich and complex society, and essential reading for anyone interested in Northwest Coast art and culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(7)
Alan L. Hoover
Part 1: Voices
Balancing History: An Emerging First Nations Authority	7	(4)
Richard Inglis
James C. Haggerty
Kevin Neary
Yuguot Agenda Paper	11	(22)
Mowchaht-Muchalaht First Nations
Kiix?in Agenda Paper	33	(36)
Huu-ay-aht First Nations
Part 2: Histories
Nuu-chah-nulth Encounters: James Colnett's Expedition of 1787--88	69	(23)
R.M. Galois
Cook to Jewitt: Three Decades of Change in Nootka Sound	92	(15)
Richard Inglis
James C. Haggerty
The Changing Art and Architecture of Potlatch Houses at Yuquot	107	(24)
Yvonne Marshall
Memorial Potlatch: Laakt'uula	131	(2)
Kathy Robinson
Carrie Little
Legendary History of the Tsisha?ath: A Working Translation	133	(39)
Susan Golla
Face Paintings from the Sapir Collection	172	(31)
Douglas Thomas
Part 3: Objects
A Conversation with Ki-ke-in	203	(27)
Charlotte Townsend-Gault
Early Nuu-chah-nulth Art and Adornment: Glimpses from the Archaeological Record	230	(27)
Alan D. McMillan
Nuu-chah-nulth Art at the British Museum	257	(16)
J.C.H. King
Flowing Traditions: The Appearance and Relations of Nuu-chah-nulth Visual Symbolism	273	(19)
Steven C. Brown
The Mowachaht Whaler's Shrine: History Revealed by Carvings	292	(14)
Aldona Jonaitis
Thoughts on the Nuu-chah-nulth Canoe	306	(24)
Eugene Arima
Ellen Curley's Hat	330	(11)
Andrea Laforet
Part 4: Journeys
Where the Heart Is: From a Conversation with Tsa-qwa-supp	341	(11)
Martha Black
Tla-kish-wha-to-ah, Stands with his Chiefs: From a Conversation with Joe David	352	(11)
Karen Duffek
Tim Paul: The Homeward Journey	363	(12)
Peter L. Macnair
Contributors	375	(4)
Acknowledgements and Copyright Notes	379	(6)
Index	385