The Raven And The Totem
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Author | : Emily L. Moore |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2018-12-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0295743948 |
Among Southeast Alaska�s best-known tourist attractions are its totem parks, showcases for monumental wood sculptures by Tlingit and Haida artists. Although the art form is centuries old, the parks date back only to the waning years of the Great Depression, when the US government reversed its policy of suppressing Native practices and began to pay Tlingit and Haida communities to restore older totem poles and move them from ancestral villages into parks designed for tourists. Dramatically altering the patronage and display of historic Tlingit and Haida crests, this New Deal restoration project had two key aims: to provide economic aid to Native people during the Depression and to recast their traditional art as part of America�s heritage. Less evident is why Haida and Tlingit people agreed to lend their crest monuments to tourist attractions at a time when they were battling the US Forest Service for control of their traditional lands and resources. Drawing on interviews and government records, as well as the totem poles themselves, Emily Moore shows how Tlingit and Haida leaders were able to channel the New Deal promotion of Native art as national art into an assertion of their cultural and political rights. Just as they had for centuries, the poles affirmed the ancestral ties of Haida and Tlingit lineages to their lands.
Author | : John E. Smelcer |
Publisher | : Salmon Run Press |
Total Pages | : 149 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Eskimos |
ISBN | : 9780963400000 |
Sixty traditional myths from across Alaska.
Author | : John Smelcer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2015-04-06 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9781936135073 |
This is a collection of Alaska Native folklore and mythology. All the various regions and tribal groups are represented in this collection. The collector is John Smelcer who is a writer, poet, and folklorist and who is himself a member of an Alaska Native tribe. Several of the stories are accompanied by illustrations by Larry Vienneau. This work was originally published in Alaska in 1992. This is the second, revised and expanded edition.
Author | : John E. Smelcer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Alaska Native mythology |
ISBN | : 9781578333110 |
Author | : Pat Kramer |
Publisher | : Graphic Arts Books |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2012-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0882409018 |
Through the mists of Alaska's rain forest, totem poles have stood watch for untold generations. Imbued with mystery to outsider eyes, the fierce, carved symbols silently spoke of territories, legends, memorials, and paid debts. Today many of these cultural icons are preserved for the public to enjoy in heritage parks and historical centers through southeast Alaska. And, after nearly a century of repression, totem carving among Alaska's Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian peoples is flourishing again. In this newly revised edition of Alaska's Totem Poles, readers learn about the history and use of totems, clan crests, symbolism, and much more. A special section describes where to go to view totems. Author Pat Kramer traveled throughout the homelands of the Totem People—along Alaska's Panhandle, the coast of British Columbia, and into the Northwest—meeting the people, learning their stores, and researching and photographing totem poles. Foreword writer David A. Boxley also offers the unique perspective of a Native Alaskan carver who has been a leader in the renaissance. This is a handy guide for travelers in Southeast Alaska who want to learn more about Alaska's totems. There's even a guide of where to view totems in the state. Ravens, killer whales (Orca) and bears... they're all represented in the totem.
Author | : David Bouchard |
Publisher | : Crow Cottage Publishing |
Total Pages | : 37 |
Release | : 2015-10-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1987848187 |
A great, kind and wise chief decides to erect a new totem pole. Knowing that he will soon die, the chief wants the pole to be representative of him but also to reflect the importance of others in his life. A series of birds and animals then try to convince the chief that their image should be carved into the chief’s totem pole.
Author | : Perfection Learning Corporation |
Publisher | : Turtleback |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781663611277 |
Author | : David Bouchard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 9781987848205 |
To discover your totem is to discover yourself. There are as many totems as there are species of birds, beasts or fish. And how not? Are we not all different?
Author | : David Bouchard |
Publisher | : More Than Words Publishing |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 2007-07-05 |
Genre | : Animals |
ISBN | : 9780978432706 |
To discover your totem is to discover yourself. There are as many totems as there are species of birds, beasts or fish. And how not? Are we not all different?
Author | : Chris Kientz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Eagles |
ISBN | : 9781770588868 |
"Totem poles are a way of telling stories. The stories can be about a family or clan. Totem poles can also be used to record important events in history. A number of West Coast First Nations peoples carve totem poles. The tradition of carving totem poles goes back thousands of years."--Page 16.