Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest Coast

By: Edward Malin

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Paperback | 15 June 1994 | Edition Number 1

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This survey of totem poles from the Tlingit settlements of Alaska to the Kwakiutl villages of Vancouver Island examines the traditions that led to their creation. It includes both the author's vivid drawings of totem poles and historical photographs of early native settlements.

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Acknowledgments	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Methodology	p. 4
The Practice of Raising Carved Poles	p. 5
Defining the Totem Pole	p. 5
Totem Poles and Native Culture
The People and their Environment	p. 9
The Sea and the Land	p. 10
The Tribes	p. 11
Tribal Map	p. 14
The Villages	p. 16
House and House Names	p. 18
The Antiquity of Totem Poles	p. 19
A Forest of Poles	p. 25
The Prototype Poles	p. 26
The Subject Matter on Poles	p. 45
Stylistic Characteristics
The Haida Style	p. 65
The Tsimshian Style	p. 71
The Tlingit Style	p. 74
The Kwakiutl Styles	p. 76
The Bella Coola Style	p. 82
West Coast Style	p. 84
The Social Role of Totem Poles	p. 87
The Potlatching System	p. 88
Potlatching Involving Totem Poles	p. 90
Raising a Pole	p. 91
The Host's Role in Pole Raising	p. 95
The Wood Carver's Role	p. 98
The Carver's Approach to the Poles	p. 100
Triumph and Tragedy: An Era Vanishes	p. 163
The Assaults on the Culture	p. 166
Banning the Potlatch	p. 167
Conservative Holdouts	p. 167
The Totem Pole Exporting Period	p. 168
New Poles for Old	p. 171
The Awakening	p. 171
The Beginning of Salvage and Restoration Programs	p. 173
Implementation of Training Programs	p. 176
The New Indian Act	p. 178
New Poles, New Directions	p. 179
References and Suggested Reading	p. 183
Index	p. 185
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