The 'Kwak'wala-speaking peoples' of Queen Charlotte and Johnstone straits, whose potlatches were so powerful Canada banned them.
The 1884 potlatch ban led to mass arrests and confiscated regalia (returned from 1979); the U'mista Cultural Centre revived the tradition and the many Kwakwaka'wakw bands thrive around Alert Bay and Fort Rupert.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Kwakwaka'wakw — the shape you scrub through changes in 6000 BC · 1849.
An accessible survey of Northwest Coast Salish social structure, art, and material culture.
Hilary Stewart's classic illustrated guide to reading the design system of Northwest Coast art, including Kwakwaka'wakw work.
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